Phyllanthus tenellus

Phyllanthus tenellus Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 3: 668 1832. (Syn. Diasperus tenellus (Roxb.) Kuntze;                                     Diasperus corcovadensis (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze; Phyllanthus brisbanicus F.M.Bailey; Phyllanthus corcovadensis Müll.Arg.; Phyllanthus minor Fawc. & Rendle; Phyllanthus tenellus var. roxburghii Müll.Arg.);
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Tanzania to Mozambique, SW. Arabian Peninsula, W. Indian Ocean: Angola, Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Yemen; Introduced into: Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Azores, Bahamas, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Cook Is., Costa Rica, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, India, Iran, Jamaica, Japan, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Madeira, Marquesas, Mexico Central, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, Northern Territory, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Seychelles, Sicilia, Society Is., South Carolina, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tennessee, Texas, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Venezuela, Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is. as per POWO;

Long Stalked Leaf-Flower, Long-stalk phyllanthus, Hens and Chickens, Mascarene Island leaf-flower;
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fil-LAN-thus — meaning, flower leaf; it appears to flower from a leaf like stem
ten-ELL-us — meaning: small, delicate, tender
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Native to: e tropical Africa, w Indian Ocean, s Arabian peninsula; naturalized elsewhere
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Erect annual herbs 20-75 cm tall; stem simple or with permanent branchlets, subterete below, channelled above, glabrous, 3-12 cm long, with 10-25 leaves Leaves alternate, 0.5-2.1 x 0.3-1.1 cm, broadly elliptic to obovate, subacute at tip, acute to rounded at base; petioles 0.5-0.8 mm long; stipules lanceolate-acuminate, 0.8-1.2 x 0.2-0.3 mm. Flowers minute in axillary bisexual or unisexual cymules of 1-5 flowers on deciduous branchlets. Male flowers 1.5 mm across, white, 1-3 in unisexual cymules of 1 or 2 proximal nodes and in bisexual cymules of succeeding 3-10 nodes with female flowers; pedicels filiform, 0.5-1.5 mm long; sepals 5, imbricate, broadly obovate, acute to rounded at apex, 0.5-0.7 x 0.5-0.8 mm, membraneous, whitish with a narrow greenish midrib; disk segments 5, broadly cuneate, thin, entire, 0.2 mm across; stamens 5, free, alternate with the disk segments; filaments filiform, 0.2-0.4 mm long, bent near the tip; anthers oval, dehiscing vertically. Female flowers 1.4-1.6 mm across, 1 or 2 in the bisexual cymules of proximal 3-10 nodes and solitary in the succeeding distal nodes; pedicels capillary, 2.5-6 mm long, terete basal olive green; sepals 5, triangular-ovate, 0.6-0.8 x 0.3-0.5 mm, whitish with a thick greenish midrib, somewhat cuculate and acute at the apex; disk annular to somewhat 5-gonoal, membraneous; ovary smooth; style 3, appressed to ovary, cleft to 2/3; lobes diverging, the tips subcapitate. Capsule depressed-globose, 1.3-1.5 mm across, greenish, smooth; stalk 4-6 mm long; seeds trigonous, 0.75-0.8 x 0.6-0.65 mm, densely papillose. 

(From India Biodiversity Portal

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ID(ID-DKB139) :  Attachments (1).  6 posts by 3 authors.
Plant from smriti van Jaipur for ID(ID-DKB139)
Photo Taken on-27.11.2008

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Seems to be Phyllanthus nururi belonging to Euphorbiaceae. A relative of Amla- P. emblica.

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Thanks, It is different.

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… ¿ Phyllanthus tenellus ? some photos at http://www.flickr.com/search/Phyllanthus+tenellus
…, not sure, please let more validations come through.

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Thanks Dineshji, for correct identification. It is long stalked Phylanthus (P. tenellus) and differs from P. nururi, which has no floral stalk.

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[efloraofindia:34885] NATURALIZED :: Phyllanthaceae (leaf flower family) » Phyllanthus tenellus  : Attachments (5). 5 posts by 3 authors. Phyllanthaceae (leaf flower family) » Phyllanthus tenellus (syn. Phyllanthus corcovadensis)
fil-LAN-thus — flower leaf; it appears to flower from a leaf like stem
ten-ELL-us — small, delicate, tender
commonly known as: long-stalked phyllanthus, Mascarene Island leaf-flower
Native to: n-e, e, s tropical Africa, islands in w Indian Ocean, s Arabian peninsula; naturalized elsewhere
References:
• Flowers of India …
• PPWS … http://www.ppws.vt.edu/scott/weed_id/pylte.htm
• Flora of Western Australia … http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/17794
• NPGS / GRIN … http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?419836
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Views attached are from:
… Veermata Jijabai Bhonsale Udyan (Nursery)
For more views: Flickr

Thanks for nice photographs of new for me plant. And yes phyll. for leaf is fine but not fil., which would mean filius, son.

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… fil-LAN-thus is key to pronunciation.

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Because of your wonderful illustrations and pictures of a series of Phyllanthus species, I got stimulated to see these tiny herbs which I used to neglect.

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… am more stimulated with one older post of … stating … there are about 50 species of Phyllanthus in India.

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Yes, to P. tenellus.

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[efloraofindia:35039] Phyllanthus series : Attachments (4). 6 posts by 3 authors.

Euphorbiaceae fortnight :: Phyllanthaceae :: Phyllanthus tenellus in Mumbai :: DV67 :  6 images. 3 posts by 2 authors.

Phyllanthus tenellus Roxb. … Phyllanthaceae, Euphorbiaceae s. l.

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I think the identity is correct.

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EUPHORBIACEAE FORTNIGHT ::Phyllanthus for ID :: SMP 12 : 3 images. 4 posts by 3 authors.

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Phyllanthus tenellus is a weed in gardens. It is native of Mauritius

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I think the identification is correct.

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Phyllanthus For ID : Lalbagh,Bangalore : 031213 : AK-6 :  Attachments (2).  4 posts by 3 authors.
A small plant seen growing wild in the Lalbagh gardens.
Phyllanthus species.
Kindly id.

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Phyllanthus tenellus

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Yes, Phyllanthus tenellus.

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Requesting ID – Phyllanthus :: ARKJAN-27/27 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5)
Request to please provide ID of this Phyllanthus captured as a weed in my balcony garden in Mumbai in December 2014.

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I think your plant is Phyllanthus tenellus.

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Please try to preserve some seeds.

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Isn’t this supposed to be a weed? Are the seeds medicinal?

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SK1624 05 Dec 2018 : 12 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (6)- around 750 kb each.

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Male flowers with disc glands. Female sepals white-margined.  Phyllanthus.

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Please try to match here

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may be Phyllanthus reticulatus.

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I am sorry. Not getting the species.

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Phyllanthus rheedii please check

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Yes, Phyllanthus rheedei is a good match! However, I was hesitating as to the location and mention of its being cultivated!
The species is so far known to occur in peninsular India to Sri Lanka and again in North-east India. I have seen a recent specimen from Bangladesh which is not officially recorded. Beyond that, the species is not known so far. P. rheedei is a herb up to 60 (-100) cm high.  Saroj ji should enlighten about the height of his plant and under which circumstances he found this under cultivation.

Could be P. tenellus.

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Tenellus was recently reported from hk from cultivation.

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= Phyllanthus tenellus.

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check with P.tenellus

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= Phyllanthus tenellus.

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References:

POWO  Catalogue of Life  The Plant List 1  The Plant List 2  GRIN  Flora of Peninsular India  Flora Zambesiaca  Dinesh Valke’s Flickr Post  Flowers of India  PPWS  Flora of Western Australia  India Biodiversity Portal