Biophytum fruticosum Bl.

This species is used medicinally.

Perennials (3-)8-20(-40) cm tall, base woody. Stem usually shortly dichotomously branched, rarely unbranched, basally glabrous, apical parts densely covered with recurved trichomes. Leaf rachis 4-10 cm, densely long strigose; leaflets 6-16 pairs; leaflet blades oblong to obovate-oblong, asymmetric, 4-12 × 3-7 mm, both surfaces with long recurved trichomes, base very oblique. Umbels usually 1-3-flowered or sometimes more; peduncle 3-7 cm, equal to leaf length or longer, slender; bracts several, 1-2 mm, crowded into a cylindric cluster at apex of peduncle, cluster 5-8 mm. Pedicel 3-10 mm. Sepals 3-5 mm, with simple trichomes. Petals white, longer than sepals. Capsule ellipsoid, 4-5 mm, equal to calyx or longer. Fl. Jun-Dec, fr. Aug-Feb.

Chongqing, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Sichuan, Yunnan [Cambodia, E India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam].

Roadsides, rock walls, dense or sparse forests; 300-2300 m.

Biophytum blumei Zuccarini; B. esquirolii H. Léveillé; B. thorelianum Guillaumin var. sinense Guillaumin.

Biophytum fruticosum là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Chua me đất. Loài này được Blume mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1825.

分枝感应草（学名：Biophytum fruticosum）为酢浆草科感应草属下的一个种。