Thursday, June 27, 2024

Phyllanthus myrtifolius (Wight) Müll.Arg

 

Family: Euphorbiaceae

Synonym: Diasperus myrtifolius (Wight) Kuntze, Macraea myrtifolia Wight

Habit: Shrub

Habitat: Grown as a hedge plant in gardens

Flowering & Fruiting: May-August.

Distribution: Sri Lanka, China Southeast, Hainan, India, Taiwan, Thailand

Key identification features: Mousetail plant is a small shrub with tiny inverted-lance shaped leaves and small, slender, pendulous red flowers which probably inspired the name Mousetail Plant. Flowers are typically longer than the leaves and hang down by slender, red filament-like stalks, ending in a roundish bowl-like flower. Fruits are capsules



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