Phyllanthus tenellus Roxb. var. tenellus GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Phyllanthus

Family:

Phyllanthaceae

Subfamily:

Phyllanthoideae

Tribe:

Phyllantheae

Nomen number:

448739

Verified:

08/24/2005 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Phyllanthus tenellus Roxb. (0 active accession[s])
Phyllanthus tenellus Roxb. var. arabicus Müll. Arg. (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Phyllanthus corcovadensis Müll. Arg.

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Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	Note
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Tanzania
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Mozambique
1	Native	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Mauritius	possibly
1	Native	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Reunion
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India
4	Naturalized	Northern America		United States	s.e.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	West Indies
6	Other				exact native range obscure

Native
Africa

Naturalized
Asia-Tropical

Northern America

Southern America

Other (exact native range obscure)

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Medicines	potential source of pharmaceutical agent	fide Herbs Commerce ed2, as P. corcovadensis; J Pharm Pharmacol 45:1046-1048. 1993, as P. corcovadensis	Gorski, F. et al. 1993. Potent antinociceptive activity of a hydroalcoholic extract of Phyllanthus corcovadensis. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 45:1046-1049.
Weed		of sugarcane, as Phyllanthus corcovadensis	Bayer, A. G. 2000. Weed control in Brazilian sugar cane cultivation: sencor - an attractive alternative. Courier Agrochem. 1:10-11.