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Phyllanthaceae
Breynia androgyna
Breynia androgyna
Also known as Sauropus oblongifolius, Sauropus albicans var. intermedius, Sauropus zeylanicus, Sauropus albicans var. genuinus
Tropical Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Tropical Shrub · Edible Leaves · Food Forest · Southeast Asian · Phyllanthaceae · Leafy Vegetable · Tropical Garden · Perennial Shrub · Low Maintenance
Breynia androgyna is a robust tropical shrub valued in Southeast Asia for its edible young leaves, commonly used as a cooked vegetable. It grows best in warm, humid conditions with partial shade and regular watering, tolerating a range of soil types as long as drainage is adequate. This low-maintenance plant requires minimal pruning and is well suited to a productive tropical garden or food forest.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, keeping soil consistently moist but allowing the surface to dry slightly between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 18 in
- Spacing
- 48 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds
Sources: trefle
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