Phyllanthus warnockii | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Phyllanthaceae |
Genus: | Phyllanthus |
Species: | P. warnockii
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Binomial name | |
Phyllanthus warnockii | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Phyllanthus warnockii, the sand reverchonia, [2] is a plant species of the family Phyllanthaceae. It is a sand dune annual and confined to the Southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico.[ citation needed] It is poisonous to mammals. [3] Members of the Hopi Tribe in northeastern Arizona sometimes traditionally used the berries to oil and season piki cooking slabs. [4] It was also used by the Hopi medicinally in cases of postpartum hemorrhage. [5]
Phyllanthus warnockii | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Phyllanthaceae |
Genus: | Phyllanthus |
Species: | P. warnockii
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Binomial name | |
Phyllanthus warnockii | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Phyllanthus warnockii, the sand reverchonia, [2] is a plant species of the family Phyllanthaceae. It is a sand dune annual and confined to the Southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico.[ citation needed] It is poisonous to mammals. [3] Members of the Hopi Tribe in northeastern Arizona sometimes traditionally used the berries to oil and season piki cooking slabs. [4] It was also used by the Hopi medicinally in cases of postpartum hemorrhage. [5]