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Phyllanthus anamalayanus

Phyllanthus anamalayanus
Photo: Mrinalini K Siddhartha, CC BY 3.0
Family
Phyllanthaceae (Phyllanth family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
S. India (Anamalai Hills)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Phyllanthus anamalayanus is a species of plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is endemic to the Anamalai Hills in Coimbatore district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The species is a shrub or small tree occurring in the understorey of mid-elevation tropical montane evergreen rain forests in the Anamalai Hills, and is endemic to the Western Ghats. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Where it grows

Phyllanthus anamalayanus is restricted to the Anamalai Hills of the Western Ghats. The plant is reported in tropical wet evergreen rainforest between 1,100 m and 1,400 m elevation. The species' habitat is reported to be confined to evergreen forest with canopy density of 50 to 80%, with the species absent in locations under very dense or multi-storied canopy.

Other Phyllanthus plants

Drummond's leaf-flower · Tahitian gooseberry tree · Jamaican gooseberry tree · Carry me seed · Phyllanthus arbuscula · Phyllanthus axillaris · Phyllanthus balgooyi · Phyllanthus · Phyllanthus caesiifolius · Phyllanthus calycinus · Carolina leaf-flower · Phyllanthus cauliflorus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Phyllanthus anamalayanus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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