Phyllanthaceae
Monkey apple
Glochidion littorale
- Family
- Phyllanthaceae
- Genus
- Glochidion
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Monkey apple
Synonyms
- Agyneia impuber Benth.
- Bradleia littorea (Blume) Steud.
- Bradleia obtusa Wall.
- Diasperus litoralis (Blume) Kuntze
- Glochidion littorale var. caudatum Airy Shaw
- Glochidion littorale var. culminicola Airy Shaw
- Phyllanthus littoralis (Blume) Müll.Arg.
Flowers
- In flower
- July (from 5 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native
Photos
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.