Bhuiamla / Seed-Under-Leaf
Phyllanthus virgatus
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Karnataka, Telangana & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Bhuiamla
Identify Bhuiamla by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm leaf margin: Entire (smooth edge).
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Rajasthan, Karnataka, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Euphorbiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Bhuiamla.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Phyllanthus virgatus
- Genus
- Phyllanthus
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Moist and dry deciduous forests and grasslands, also in the plains
- Distribution
- India, Himalayas, Indo-China, China, Malaysia, Polynesia
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Karnataka, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Puducherry, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Meghalaya, Odisha, Sikkim
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- Entire (smooth edge)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bhuiamla itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- GreenrecordedGreen or greenish
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bhuiamla itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- भूई आमला Bhuiamla
- Bengali
- লতাছিটকি
- Telugu
- Uchhiyusirka, Uchchi usirika
- Kannada
- Kaadu nelli
- Malayalam
- Niruri
About Bhuiamla
Seed-under-leaf (Phyllanthus virgatus) is a herb in the Euphorbiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Rajasthan, Karnataka, Telangana and 15 other states. It grows in moist and dry deciduous forests and grasslands, also in the plains. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Bhuiamla belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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