Flueggea virosa
| Flueggea virosa | |
|---|---|
| Berries | |
| A thicket | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Phyllanthaceae |
| Genus: | Flueggea |
| Species: | F. virosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Flueggea virosa | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Flueggea virosa, the common bushweed, simpleleaf bushweed (a name it shares with Flueggea acidoton), white-berry bush, snowberry tree (a name it shares with Symphoricarpos albus), or Chinese waterberry, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the family Phyllanthaceae.[3][4] It is native to the Old World tropics and subtropics; Africa, Madagascar and other Indian Ocean islands, the Arabian Peninsula, the Indian Subcontinent, southern China, Southeast Asia, Malesia, New Guinea, and Australia.[2] It has also been introduced to Florida and Puerto Rico.[2] Dispersed by birds, it has been assessed as Least Concern.[1][5]
A deciduous shrub or tree reaching 6 m (20 ft), it is found in the seasonally dry tropics and subtropics (and is absent from true deserts and rainforests) at elevations from 100 to 2,300 m (300 to 7,500 ft).[4][6] Its white berries are edible.[5][7]
Subtaxa
[edit]The following subspecies are accepted:[2]
- Flueggea virosa subsp. himalaica D.G.Long – Nepal, eastern Himalayas, Assam, Myanmar
- Flueggea virosa subsp. melanthesoides (F.Muell.) G.L.Webster – New Guinea, Australia
- Flueggea virosa subsp. virosa – entire range, except Nepal, eastern Himalayas, New Guinea, Australia
References
[edit]- 1 2 Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI).; IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group. (2019). "Flueggea virosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T146202817A146202819. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T146202817A146202819.en. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 "Flueggea virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Royle". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
- ↑ "1. Flueggea virosa (Roxburgh ex Willdenow) Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 328. 1836. (as Fluggea)". Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden & Harvard University Herbaria. 2026. Archived from the original on 23 January 2026. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
Common or simpleleaf bushweed, Chinese waterberry
- 1 2 Tabuti, J.R.S. (2007). "Flueggea virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Voigt". PROTA4U. Wageningen, Netherlands: PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa / Ressources végétales de l’Afrique tropicale). Retrieved 5 April 2026.
- 1 2 "Flueggea virosa". South African Indigenous Plant Catalogue. Muldersdrift, South Africa: Random Harvest. 2026. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
Common Names; White Berry Bush (english) ... Distribution; KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga
- ↑ "白饭树 bai fan shu". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden & Harvard University Herbaria. 2026. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
- ↑ Bailly, Christian (2024). "Traditional Uses, Pharmacology and Phytochemistry of the Medicinal Plant Flueggea virosa (Roxb. Ex Willd.) Royle". Future Pharmacology. 4: 77–102. doi:10.3390/futurepharmacol4010007.
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Flueggea
- Flora of Egypt
- Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Flora of Northeast Tropical Africa
- Flora of West-Central Tropical Africa
- Flora of East Tropical Africa
- Flora of South Tropical Africa
- Flora of Southern Africa
- Flora of the Western Indian Ocean
- Flora of the Arabian Peninsula
- Flora of the Indian subcontinent
- Flora of North-Central China
- Flora of South-Central China
- Flora of Southeast China
- Flora of Taiwan
- Flora of Indo-China
- Flora of Malesia
- Flora of New Guinea
- Flora of Western Australia
- Flora of the Northern Territory
- Flora of Queensland
- Plants described in 1836
- Phyllanthaceae stubs