Phyllanthaceae
The Phyllanthaceae family is a botanical family placed in the order Malpighiales. In the SASYA catalogue it spans 4 species across 4 genera. Its members are predominantly trees. Well-represented genera include Breynia, Cleistanthus and Flueggea. Familiar examples include Snowbush, Malabar Closed-Flower and Bushweed.
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Small, often two-ranked leaves along thin branchlets that can look like a single pinnate leaf; tiny unisexual flowers lack petals and cluster in leaf axils, ripening into a small three-lobed capsule that splits explosively to fling its seeds.
Several genera arrange their leaves in flattened, two-ranked sprays along deciduous side-branchlets that drop whole, mimicking a single compound leaf.
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Typical leaf characters
Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.
Typical flower & fruit
- Flower symmetryActinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- InflorescenceCyme
- FruitCapsule
Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.
Notable members
All 3 species in PHYLLANTHACEAE
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