{"id":1377226,"date":"2014-03-26T06:29:56","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T06:29:56","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:33:19","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:03:19","slug":"phyllanthus-lawii","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/phyllanthus-lawii\/","title":{"rendered":"Phyllanthus lawii"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Phyllanthus<\/i> lawii<\/i> J.Graham, Cat. Pl. Bombay 181 1839<\/i>. (Syn: Diasperus<\/i> lawii<\/i> (J.Graham) Kuntze<\/span><\/a>; Diasperus<\/i> nemorum<\/i> (Russell ex M\u00fcll.Arg.) Kuntze<\/span><\/a>; Phyllanthus<\/i> juniperinoides<\/i> M\u00fcll.Arg.<\/span><\/a>; Phyllanthus<\/i> nemorum<\/i> Russell ex M\u00fcll.Arg.<\/span><\/a>; Phyllanthus<\/i> polyphyllus<\/i> Dalzell & A.Gibson<\/span><\/a>; Phyllanthus<\/i> spinulosus<\/i> B.Heyne ex Wall.<\/span><\/a> [Invalid]);
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Common name:<\/b> Law’s Gooseberry \u2022 Malayalam<\/b><\/span>: Uri \u2022 Kannada<\/b><\/span>: Mullu nelli<\/div>\n
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Glabrous shrubs usually growing along river-banks; branches grooved. Leaves 3-5 x 2-2.5 mm, distichous, overlapping, linear-oblong, rounded at the apex, often apiculate, base rounded or subcordate, subsessile; nerves obscure; stipules 1.2 mm long, lanceolate-subulate. Flowers axillry, the males solitary or few together, the female solitary. Sepals of male and female flowers 6, linear-oblong, obtuse, those of the female flowers 2.5 mm long. Stamens 3, the filaments united in a short column; anthers erect with vertical slits. Styles 3. distinct, shortly and bluntly 2-fid, the short lobes usually recurved. Capsules 4 mm in diameter, on a very short pedicel, globose, slightly depressed, glabrous. seeds 2.3 mm long, 3-gonous, rounded on the back, glabrous.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Flowering and fruiting: December-March<\/span><\/div>\n
Along the banks of streams and rivers<\/span><\/div>\n
India<\/span><\/div>\n
(From India Biodiversity Portal<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi<\/span><\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\nPhyllanthus lawii J.Graham SN Mar 20<\/a> : Attachments (2). 3 posts by 3 authors.
\nPhyllanthus lawii<\/i>\u00a0 J.Graham, Fam <\/span>Phyllanthaceae<\/i>, <\/span>shrub growing in streams and river margins<\/span>,
\n<\/span>collected <\/span>from Bahamandala, coorg, Karnataka around 1000m altitude<\/span><\/div>\n
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Is it different from P.polyphyllus<\/i>?<\/p>\n

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The identity is correct. Little close up should have been desirable.<\/p>\n

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\nsubmission of Phyllanthus lawii<\/a> :\u00a03 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)<\/span><\/div>\n
Plant name: Phyllanthus\u00a0lawii<\/b><\/span>\u00a0J.Graham, Cat. Pl. Bombay: 181. 1839.<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
Ver.name:<\/b> Law\u2019s goose berry<\/b> (Eng.)<\/span><\/div>\n
Family: <\/b>\u00a0Phyllanthaceae<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
Description:<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Shrubs, or small trees, 2-3 m tall. Bark smooth and brown. Foliar branches 4-8 cm long, horizontal; short hooked spines are on either side of leafy branchlets. Leaves alternate; lamina 3-5 \u00d7 2-2.5 mm, distichous, overlapping, linear-oblong, rounded at the apex, often apiculate, base rounded or subcordate, subsessile; nerves obscure; stipules 1.2 mm long, purplish, lanceolate-subulate. Flowers white or pink, in axillary clusters and drooping on the adaxial side. Pedicels 3-6mm long. Sepals of male and female flowers 6; white, linear-oblong, obtuse in males; green with scaly margin, triangular, acute in female flowers. Stamens 3, the filaments united in a short column. Ovary 3 celled; styles 3, distinct, shortly and bluntly 2-fid, recurved. Capsules 4 mm in diameter, on a very short pedicel, globose, 6 angled, glabrous. Seeds 2-3 mm long, 3-gonous, rounded on the back, foveolate (Seed pits conspicuous).<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Habitat & location:<\/b> Found in hill side forests.<\/span> Few plants are found at S.R.Puram- Porumamilla ghat.
\n<\/span><\/span>As the images available with efi for <\/span>Phyllanthus lawii<\/i> and <\/span>P.leischnaulti<\/i> are not clear I am adding a few.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Thanks, …, for this difficult species.<\/span>
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References:
\n<\/span>POWO<\/a>\u00a0 Catalogue of Life<\/a> \u00a0The Plant List Ver.1.1<\/a> \u00a0WCSP<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Flowers of India<\/a>\u00a0 India Biodiversity Portal<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Phyllanthus lawii J.Graham, Cat. Pl. Bombay 181 1839. (Syn: Diasperus lawii (J.Graham) Kuntze; Diasperus nemorum (Russell ex M\u00fcll.Arg.) Kuntze; Phyllanthus juniperinoides M\u00fcll.Arg.; Phyllanthus nemorum Russell ex M\u00fcll.Arg.; Phyllanthus polyphyllus Dalzell & A.Gibson; Phyllanthus spinulosus B.Heyne ex Wall. [Invalid]); . India as per POWO; . Common name: Law’s Gooseberry \u2022 Malayalam:…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[5104],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1377226","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-phyllanthus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1377226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1377226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1377226\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1377226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1377226"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1377226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}