Phyllanthus L. >
Styles branched Phyllanthus
Main branch leaves mostly reduced to scale-like structures
Annual herbs. Flowers with 5 sepals and 3 stamens or, 6 sepals and 4–6 stamens
Branchlets rounded. Styles deeply bifid. Leaves elliptic to obovate, up to 25 mm long. Perianth c. 1 mm long. Stamens 4–6, free. Seed surface granular. Widespread but uncommon. near RF. Introd. from Madagascar. Fl. summer Phyllanthus tenellus