return to: checklist; keys; family Euphorbiaceae subfamily Phyllanthoideae (or Phyllanthaceae)
Shrub;
lateral branchlets resembling bipinnately compound leaves; leaves
alternate, simple, ovate, base obtuse to rounded, margin entire,
apex acuminate; flowers small, green, axillary, unisexual; fruit
an explosively dehiscent capsule.
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