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Breynia vitis-idaea (Burm.f.) C.E.C.Fisch.
Scientific Synonyms:

Previous name used in the website: Breynia vitis-idaea
Family name: PHYLLANTHACEAE
English name: Available soon
Sinhala name: Gas kaila (ගස් කයිල)
Tamil name: Manipulnati
Manipullanthi
Sithuruvam
Seppulaa
Sanskrit name: Available soon
Conservation status: LC - Least Concerned - NRL - 2020
Description: Shrub up to 4 m tall, glabrous, branches horizontal, twigs angular. Leaves numerous, distichous. Stipules 1.5-2 mm long, narrowly lanceolate, acute- acuminate: lamina 0.5-3 X 0.6-1.5 cm, elliptic, elliptic-ovate or broadly ovate, obtuse or subacute, rounded or cuneate at base. Male flowers pedicellate in few- flowered fascicles or solitary in proximal axils. Female flowers pedicellate, solitary in most distal axis. Fruit 4-4.5 mm diameter, subglobose, slightly longitudinally compressed, red throughout becoming black at maturity, glabrous. Seeds 2.7-3 mm long, wedge- shaped, tan- brown, smooth.
Native Distribution Status: Native
Edible parts: Available soon
Treatment for: Available soon
Parts used in Treatment: Available soon
Related Medical Properties: Available soon
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