English: Indian snow berry.
Synonym: Breynia officinalis
BotanyShrub or small tree; 3 metres tall
Region: east Asia, southeastern China, Japan.
Habitat: thickets and scrub; elevations below 500 metres
TaxonomyBreynia officinalis may be transferred to the genus Phyllanthus. Wagner has proposed submerging the genera Breynia, Glochidion, Reverchonia, Phyllanthodendron, and Sauropus into a broadened concept of the genus Phyllanthus.
LiteratureWarren L. Wagner, & David H. Lorence; A nomenclator of Pacific oceanic island Phyllanthus (
Phyllanthaceae), including Glochidion’; PhytoKeys 4:67-94, 2011, 858.