Usha di, you and Muthu are right in calling it *Phyllanthus*. In fact *P. wightianus* is its accepted name. What I quoted is a popular name followed by most Floras in the past, but it is now widely been regarded as synonym.
Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 9:32 PM, Ushadi Micromini <[email protected] > wrote: > reminds one of phyllanthus, but is not > > wonderful pics and thanks for putting me straight, Vijaya > will try to remember this lesson > usha di > > On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 9:23 PM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: > >> *Reidia floribunda*, a S.Indian endemic. >> >> >> Regards >> >> Vijayasankar Raman >> National Center for Natural Products Research >> University of Mississippi >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 5:35 AM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> Please help me to identify this plant. Is this any *Phyllanthus* sp.? I >>> found this in a floor of a moist forest. Locally common. >>> >>> Leaf: 3 cm long; little hairy to touch (pubescent) >>> Flower: 2.5-3 cm long >>> >>> Date: 27 Dec 2012 >>> Alt.: 1410 m asl >>> Place: Kolli hills, TN >>> >>> -- >>> Muthu Karthick, N >>> Care Earth Trust >>> #15, second main road, >>> Thillai ganga nagar, >>> Chennai - 600 061 >>> Mob: 0091 96268 33911 >>> www.careearthtrust.org >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > --
