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

WFO wfo-0000415036 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Breynia vitis-idaea, photographed by 雲一百香果
fig. a 雲一百香果, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-30 / obs. 192087965
Breynia vitis-idaea, photographed by 許文俊
fig. b 許文俊, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 186819906
Breynia vitis-idaea, photographed by Haneesh K M
fig. c Haneesh K M, CC0 1.0 / obs. 180086172
Breynia vitis-idaea, photographed by 葉子
fig. d 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 178001260
Breynia vitis-idaea, photographed by 葉子
fig. e 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 176897381
Breynia vitis-idaea, photographed by 葉子
fig. f 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 173568668
Breynia vitis-idaea, photographed by 葉子
fig. g 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 141666918
Breynia vitis-idaea, photographed by 雲一百香果
fig. h 雲一百香果, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 136176013

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Native range 16 botanical countries

Regions where Breynia vitis-idaea is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam China South-CentralChina SoutheastBangladeshCambodiaIndiaLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMyanmarPakistanPhilippinesSri LankaSumateraThailandVietnam Andaman Is.Nicobar Is.
Native distribution of Breynia vitis-idaea, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
Cambodia CBD
India IND
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Myanmar MYA
Nicobar Is. NCB
Pakistan PAK
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS

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.

Also published as 14 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.

  • Breynia keithii Ridl.
  • Breynia microcalyx Ridl.
  • Breynia rhamnoides Müll.Arg.
  • Breynia rhamnoides var. genuina Müll.Arg.
  • Melanthesa ovalifolia Kostel.
  • Melanthesa rhamnoides Blume
  • Phyllanthus calycinus Wall.
  • Phyllanthus rhamnoides Retz.
  • Phyllanthus rhamnoides Willd.
  • Phyllanthus sepiarius Roxb. ex Wall.
  • Phyllanthus tinctorius Vahl ex Baill.
  • Phyllanthus tristis A.Juss.
  • Phyllanthus vitis-idea (Burm.f.) J.Koenig ex Roxb.
  • Rhamnus vitis-idaea Burm.f.

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. 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.

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