Occurrence (Special Areas) :
Indroda Park, Van Chetana Kendra, Aranya Van
About Phyllanthus acidus Plant :
Habit : A deciduous tree with 5-8 m high, monoecious, closely marked with thick scare of deciduous branchlets, branches spreading wrinkled, 30-60 cm long, glabrous.
Leaves : Glabrous, pinnately distichous, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, crowded to the ends or branches, upper leaves pale-green, lower ones pale-red, stipules minute, subulate, petioles minute.
Flowers : Reddish, clustered on pendulous branches on old wood, pedicels short, about 6-10 mm long, capillary.
Fruits : Edible, globose, fleshy, yellow, 3, 4 or 8-lobed. Seeds long red or pale-brown.
Flowering and Fruiting Time : March - June
Significance :
The roots and seeds are cathartic.
The juice of the root bark is used as a poison, it produces headache, sleepiness and death accompanied by severe abdominal pain.
