Phyllanthodendron lativenium Croizat

Erect shrubs to 3 m tall, monoecious; branches angular, pubescent. Stipules ovate-lanceolate, ca. 3.5 × 2 mm, base cordate; petiole 1-2 mm; leaf blade oblong-elliptic or obovate, 6-12 × 2.5-4.5 cm, papery to thinly leathery, both surfaces glabrous, base cuneate, apex acuminate or obtuse; midrib and lateral veins in 8-12 pairs, elevated on both surfaces. Male flowers: pedicel filamentous, ca. 10 mm; sepals 5, oblong-elliptic, ca. 3 × 1 mm, yellow, apex caudate, midrib elevated abaxially; disk segments 5, ca. 1.5 mm; stamens 3, ca. 2 mm; filaments connate into a terete column. Female flowers: pedicel filamentous, 20-25 mm, slightly thick at apex; sepals 6, oblong, ca. 5 × 2 mm, acute at apex; persistent in fruit; ovary ovoid, 3-locular, pubescent; styles 3. Fruiting pedicels solitary, 3-3.5 cm, slender; capsules globose, pubescent. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Jul-Aug.

S and SW Guizhou (Anlong, Ceheng, Wangmo, Xingyi).

● Montane scrub on slopes or sparse forests; 800-1000 m.

Phyllanthus lativenius (Croizat) Govaerts & Radcliffe-Smith.