Phyllanthus nummulariifolius

Poir.

Phyllanthaceae

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Medicine

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant.

Africa, Angola, Botswana, East Africa, Guinea, Guinée, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, South Africa, Southern Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, 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 herb or small shrub. It grows 50 cm tall. The side branches are modified to look like divided leaves. The flowers are white. The fruit are 1-2 mm across and have 3 lobes.

How to Grow

Plants are usually monoecious, but dioecious forms also exist, in which case both male and female forms would need to be grown if fruit and seed were required.