Phyllanthus tenellus




Family Phyllanthaceae (also placed in Euphorbiaceae)
Tribe Phyllantheae
Subtribe Flueggeinae
Scientific name Phyllanthus tenellus Roxburgh
Synonyms Phyllanthus corcovadensis Müll.; Phyllanthus tenellus Roxburgh var. tenellus
Common name (Japanese common name) naga-e ko-mikan sou (ナガエノコミカンソウ, 長柄小蜜柑草 [meaning: tiny orange weed with long leaf stalks])
(English common name) Mascarene Island leaf-flower, Long-stalked Phyllanthus
Distribution (Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) [native] Yemen, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Mozambique, Mauritius, Reunion
Chromosomal number 2n=26
Description Plants electing 8-77cm. Leaves 0.8-2.4cm length, 0.1-0.3cm width. Flowers flowering in June to January. Annual plants.
Reference  Phyllanthus tenellus Roxb.
Phyllanthus tenellus
Phylogenetics of tribe Phyllantheae (Phyllanthaceae; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato) based on nrITS and plastid matK DNA sequence dat
Note Naturalized plants (first discovered at Kanagawa prefecture in 1987).



September 2006
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
September 2006
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
September 2006
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden



September 2006
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden