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Breynia vitis-idaea (Burm.f.) C.E.C.Fisch.

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Breynia vitis-idaea (Burm.f.) C.E.C.Fisch.
Breynia vitis-idaea (Burm.f.) C.E.C.Fisch.
Breynia vitis-idaea (Burm.f.) C.E.C.Fisch.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymBreynia accrescens Hayata
synonymBreynia formosana (Hayata) Hayata
synonymBreynia keithii Ridl.
synonymBreynia microcalyx Ridl.
synonymBreynia officinalis Hemsl.
synonymBreynia officinalis var. accrescens (Hayata) M.J.Deng & J.C.Wang
synonymBreynia rhamnoides Müll.Arg., nom. superfl.
synonymBreynia rhamnoides var. genuina Müll.Arg., nom. inval.
synonymBreynia stipitata var. formosana Hayata
synonymMelanthesa ovalifolia Kostel.
synonymMelanthesa rhamnoides Blume, nom. superfl.
synonymPhyllanthus calycinus Benth., nom. nud.
synonymPhyllanthus rhamnoides Retz., nom. superfl.
synonymPhyllanthus sepiarius Roxb. ex Benth., nom. nud.
synonymPhyllanthus tinctorius Vahl ex Baill.
synonymPhyllanthus tristis A.Juss.
synonymPhyllanthus vitis-idaea (Burm.f.) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr.
synonymPhyllanthus vitis-idea (Burm.f.) J.Koenig ex Roxb.
synonymRhamnus vitis-idaea Burm.f.
🗒 Common Names
English
  • Indian snowberry
Malayalam
  • Chuvannaniruri
  • Kattuniruri
  • Pavalapulla
  • Pavilapoola
Other
  • Kattuniruri
  • Mountain Coffee Bush
  • Pavalapoola
Tamil
  • Manipullaanthi
  • Seppulaa
  • Sithuruvum
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Shrub
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Contributors 
D. Narasimhan
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    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Habit: Shrub
    G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
    Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
    Contributors 
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      Habit: A large, much branched shrub upto 3m.
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        Large shrubs, 3-4 m high. Leaves 2-3 x 1.5-2.5 cm, ovate or elliptic, base acute or obtuse, apex acute, glabrous, dark brown above and lighter below on drying; petiole to 2 mm long. Male flowers in axillary fascicles of 2-5; pedicels 3-5 mm long; perianth turbinate, yellow, lobes 5; stamens 3. Female flowers axillary, solitary, reddish, c. 1.5 mm across; perianth campanulate, 5-6-lobed; ovary 3-celled; style short; stigmas 3, sunk at top of ovary. Fruit 3-4 mm across; globose, red on ripening, changes to purple.
        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
        Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
        Contributors 
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          📚 Natural History
          Cyclicity
          Flowering and fruiting: February-August
          Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
          Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
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            Morphology

            Growth Form

            Shrub
            Shrub
            Flower

            In axillary, solitary, male flowers usually upper, pendulous. Flowering from February-April.

            Fruit

            A subglobose capsule, obscurely 6-lobed, fruiting perianth hardly enlarged; seeds subtrigonous. Fruiting throughout the year.

            Leaf Arrangement

            Alternate-distichous

            Leaf Type

            Simple

            Leaf Shape

            Elliptic-ovate

            Leaf Apex

            Subacute

            Leaf Base

            Rounded

            Leaf Margin

            Entire

            Keystone Foundation
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              Miscellaneous Details
              Notes: Evergreen & Moist Deciduous Forests, also in the plains
              G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
              Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
              Contributors 
              Status UNDER_CREATION
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                No Data
                📚 Habitat and Distribution
                General Habitat
                Open areas, forest edges
                Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                  Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
                  Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                  Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                  Contributors 
                  Status UNDER_CREATION
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                    Description
                    Maharashtra: Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Coorg, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga, S. Kanara Kerala: All districts Tamil Nadu: All districts
                    G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                    Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                    Contributors 
                    Status UNDER_CREATION
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                      Found along the river and stream banks and scrub jungles from plains to 750m. Common. India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, S.E.Asia, China and Malesia.
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                        Global Distribution

                        India: Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Odisha

                        Local Distribution

                        Darrang, Nagaon, Kamrup

                        Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                        Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                        Contributors 
                        Status UNDER_CREATION
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                          Global Distribution

                          Indo-Malesia

                          Indian distribution

                          State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts

                          Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                          Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                          Contributors 
                          Status UNDER_CREATION
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                            No Data
                            📚 Occurrence
                            No Data
                            📚 Uses and Management
                            Uses

                            System of Medicines Used In

                            Folk medicine
                            Folk medicine
                            Siddha
                            Siddha
                            The low altitude replacement of Breynia retusa.
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                              System Of Medicines Used In

                              Folk medicine, Siddha

                              FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=369
                              Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=369
                              Contributors 
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                                Medicinal
                                Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                                Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                                Contributors 
                                Status UNDER_CREATION
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                                  📚 Information Listing
                                  References
                                  1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
                                  1. Rhamnus vitis-idaea Burm. f., Fl. Ind. 61. 1768.
                                  2. Breynia rhamnoides (Retz.) Muell.-Arg. in DC., Prodr. 15:440. 1866; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 330. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1304(912). 1925.
                                  3. Melanthesa rhamnoides (Retz.) Wight, Ic. t. 1898, fig. 1. 1852.
                                  4. Phyllanthus rhamnoides Retz., Obs. Bot. 5: 30. 1788.
                                  5. Breynia vitis-idaea (Burm. f.) C.E.C. Fisch., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1932: 65. 1932; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 271. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 360. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 335. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 411. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 356. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 705. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 423. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 408. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 336. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 396. 1996; Chakrab. & Gangop., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 20: 509. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 282. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 609. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 366. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 280. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 284. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 601. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 439. 2005; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 340. 2007; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 622. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 725. 2009.
                                  1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=369
                                  Information Listing > References
                                  1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
                                  2. Rhamnus vitis-idaea Burm. f., Fl. Ind. 61. 1768.
                                  3. Breynia rhamnoides (Retz.) Muell.-Arg. in DC., Prodr. 15:440. 1866; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 330. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1304(912). 1925.
                                  4. Melanthesa rhamnoides (Retz.) Wight, Ic. t. 1898, fig. 1. 1852.
                                  5. Phyllanthus rhamnoides Retz., Obs. Bot. 5: 30. 1788.
                                  6. Breynia vitis-idaea (Burm. f.) C.E.C. Fisch., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1932: 65. 1932; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 271. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 360. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 335. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 411. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 356. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 705. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 423. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 408. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 336. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 396. 1996; Chakrab. & Gangop., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 20: 509. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 282. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 609. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 366. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 280. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 284. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 601. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 439. 2005; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 340. 2007; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 622. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 725. 2009.
                                  7. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=369

                                  Floristic diversity of the Indian Cardamom Research Institute campus, Myladumpara, Western Ghats, India

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                                  📚 Meta data
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                                  🐾 Taxonomy
                                  RootRoot
                                  KingdomPlantae
                                  PhylumTracheophyta
                                  ClassEquisetopsida C. Agardh
                                  OrderMalpighiales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
                                  FamilyPhyllanthaceae
                                  GenusBreynia
                                  SpeciesBreynia vitis-idaea (Burm.f.) C.E.C.Fisch.
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