Phyllanthus niruroides
Mull.Arg.
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
What to Eat
Edible parts: Medicine
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows between 900-1,500 m above sea level.
Africa, Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, CAR, Congo DR, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Guinée, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, West Africa,
Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A woody herb in the Phyllanthaceae family growing almost 1 m tall with small white flowers, found in tropical regions at elevations of 900-1,500 m.
How to Grow
As a weed it is especially frequent in sorghum on dark brown, heavy soils.
Medicinal Uses
Used medicinally.
Names & Synonyms
Lumbodiataka, Siaho, Tienwe
Diasperus niruroides (Mull.Arg.) Kuntze
References (1)
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
