Tree Gas Kaila or Breynia vitis-idaea
Common Classification | |||
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Common Names | Mountain Coffee, Formosan, Chi R Yun, Xiao Ye Hei Mian Shen, Aruni. | ||
Sinhalese Name | Gas Kyla (Gas Kaila) | ||
Category | Weed - Herb - Wild | ||
Scientific Classification | |||
Scientific Name | Breynia vitis-idaea | ||
Family | Phyllanthaceae | ||
Genus | Breynia vitis-idaea | Species | B.vitis-idaea |
Synonym | Phyllanthus tristis, Breynia formosana, Breynia officinalis, Melanthesa rhamnoides | ||
Ecology | |||
Growth Habit | Small Tree - Shrub | Status - Native | Indigenous |
Duration | Perennial | Status (controlling) | Natural |
Propriety | |||
Culinary / Edible | No | Other use | n/a |
Use as Herb | Yes | Poisoned / Toxin | Yes |
Identification | |||
Fuits of breynia vitis | Leaves of Breynia vitis | ||
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