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Phyllanthus acuminatus Vahl

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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