Fabaceae / Papilionaceae

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Euphorbiaceae
Phyllanthus reticulatus Poir.
English name:
Local name: Kamohi.
Description:
A large sub-scandent much branched shrub or small tree. Flowers small, reddish
orange, and unisexual in clusters. Fruit berry like, become blackish when ripe.
Flowering Period:
July to March.
Habitat:
Usually found along streams, ponds reservoirs and lakes.
Uses:
Leaves and roots are used medicinally for the fractures
and traumatic injury. Leaves also used for bleeding gums,
also for diarrhea in infants; in Indo-China the whole plant
is used in the treatment of smallpox and syphilis; fruit is
useful in the inflammations and in diseases of blood.
Distribution:
Western Africa, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia,
Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Taiwan,
Philippines, Hong Kong and Vietnam.