- 🌿 Botanical Name
- Phyllanthus myrtifolius
- 👨👩👦 Family
- Euphorbiaceae.
- 🗣️ Vernacular Names
- Mouse tail plant.
- 🌼 Flowering – Fruiting
- May – August.
- 🌍 Distribution
- Native of South East Asia and Sri Lanka.
- 💡 Status
- Not Evaluated.
Description: Small shrub, with terete branches. Leaves simple, alternate, oblanceolate, leathery. Flowers red, pendulous, in axillary fascicles. Fruit oblate capsule.
Uses: Commonly used for hedges and landscaping in gardens.