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Phyllanthus pulcher (PROSEA)

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== Synonyms ==
*''Diasperus pulcher'' (Wallich ex Muell. Arg.) Kuntze (1891).
== Vernacular names ==
== Observations ==
*A monoecious, small shrub up to 1.5 m tall with phyllanthoid branching, younger branches with dendritic hairs; cataphylls persistent, with triangular-lanceolate stipules; deciduous branchlets 10-15(-18) cm long, with about 15-30 leaves; leaves .*Leaves oblong to elliptical or elliptical-ovate, 18-28 mm × 8-14 mm, strongly asymmetrical at base, apex abruptly pointed, very shortly petiolate, stipules persistent, triangular-lanceolate; proximal axils of deciduous branchlets with cymules of male flowers, distal ones with solitary female ones; male .*Male flowers with 4 calyx lobes, pale green with a dark red base and pale, fimbriate margin, disk segments 4, subpetaloid, stamens 2, filaments connate into a very short column, anthers fused, dehiscing horizontally, rudimentary pistil present; female flowers with 6 calyx lobes similar to those of the male flower but larger, disk cup-shaped and enclosing the base of the ovary, styles free, bifid nearly to the base; fruit .*Fruit a subglobose capsule, smooth, about 3 mm in diameter, pale brown, often not developed.  ''P. pulcher'' may be locally common and is found as an invasive plant in old forest clearings, or as a weed in fruit gardens and along rivers, but also scattered in evergreen forest, up to 700 m altitude.
== Selected sources ==
32, 97, 202, 1126, 1135, 1187, 1380, 1555, 1564.
 
== Main genus page ==
 
*[[Phyllanthus (PROSEA)|''Phyllanthus '' (Medicinal plants)]]
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