Breynia androgyna(L.) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr.

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WFO wfo-0001424148 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Breynia androgyna, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. a Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / 2021-10-02 / obs. 161175853
Breynia androgyna, photographed by Ong Jyh Seng
fig. b Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 155058402
Breynia androgyna, photographed by OnePlanet
fig. c OnePlanet, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 141839970
Breynia androgyna, photographed by Ong Jyh Seng
fig. d Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 126162875
Breynia androgyna, photographed by Ong Jyh Seng
fig. e Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 123973587
Breynia androgyna, photographed by Ong Jyh Seng
fig. f Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 48428618
Breynia androgyna, photographed by Manoj Karingamadathil
fig. g Manoj Karingamadathil, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 46899247
Breynia androgyna, photographed by Ong Jyh Seng
fig. h Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 29152386

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Native range 22 botanical countries

Regions where Breynia androgyna is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanAssamBangladeshBorneoCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarNew GuineaPhilippinesSri LankaSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnam
Native distribution of Breynia androgyna, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
New Guinea NWG
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Where it actually grows measured, from 475 observations

Condition 5th percentile Median 95th percentile
Coldest month, mean daily low 11.5 °C 21.2 °C 24.6 °C
Warmest month, mean daily high 27.2 °C 30.5 °C 35.1 °C
Annual rainfall 1,203 mm 2,561 mm 4,151 mm
Rainfall in the driest quarter 26 mm 177 mm 735 mm

It is not found anywhere that gets close to freezing. This is not care advice and it is not a forecast. It is a measurement: we sampled the climate at every one of the 475 research-grade observations of Breynia androgyna that carry a coordinate, and this is the range those places actually span. The 5th and 95th percentiles are used rather than the minimum and maximum, because a single cultivated specimen in a heated conservatory should not widen a tropical plant's range to the Arctic.

This is not a hardiness zone. A USDA zone is the average annual extreme minimum temperature. The figure above is the mean daily minimum of the coldest month, which is a different quantity and is typically far warmer. Reading one as the other would place a plant several zones too warm, so we do not publish a hardiness zone, because we do not have one.

Also published as 25 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Aalius androgyna (L.) Kuntze
  • Aalius oblongifolia (Hook.f.) Kuntze
  • Aalius sumatrana (Miq.) Kuntze
  • Agyneia ovata Poir.
  • Andrachne ovata Lam. ex Poir.
  • Clutia androgyna L.
  • Phyllanthus acidissimus Noronha
  • Phyllanthus androgynus (L.) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr.
  • Phyllanthus speciosus Noronha
  • Phyllanthus strictus Roxb.
  • Sauropus albicans Blume
  • Sauropus albicans var. gardnerianus (Wight) Müll.Arg.
  • Sauropus albicans var. genuinus Müll.Arg.
  • Sauropus albicans var. intermedius Müll.Arg.
  • Sauropus albicans var. zeylanicus (Wight) Müll.Arg.
  • Sauropus androgynus (L.) Merr.
  • Sauropus convexus J.J.Sm.
  • Sauropus gardnerianus Wight
  • Sauropus indicus Wight
  • Sauropus macranthus Fern.-Vill.
  • Sauropus oblongifolius Hook.f.
  • Sauropus parviflorus Pax & K.Hoffm.
  • Sauropus scandens C.B.Rob.
  • Sauropus sumatranus Miq.

and 1 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol SAAN13. public domain. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.