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Phyllanthus moonii is a species of plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is a shrub or tree endemic to Sri Lanka. The plant is known as බූ හුනුකිරිල්ල (bu hunukirilla) in Sinhala.
The species was first described as Glochidion moonii by George Henry Kendrick Thwaites in 1861. In 1866 Johannes Müller Argoviensis placed the species in genus Phyllanthus as P. moonii.
Phyllanthus moonii is found in the rain forest understory of low montane and wet zones.
Glochidion carrickii · Buttonwood · Phyllanthus hohenackeri · Glochidion hylandii · Phyllanthus raiateaensis · Glochidion stylosum · Glochidion symingtonii · Phyllanthus temehaniensis · Glochidion zeylanicum var. tomentosum · Glochidion · Phyllanthus apodogynus · Phyllanthus bourdillonii
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Phyllanthus moonii 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.
