| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Euphorbiaceae |
| Synonym | phyllathus hohenackeri (Muell.-Arg.) |
| Habit | Small sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Glabrous shrubs or trees, 1.5-12 m high. Leaves alternate, 5-15 x 1.5-6.5 cm, elliptic, oblong, ovate to lanceolate, sometimes subfalcate, acute, rounded , sometimes curling upwards along margins on drying, apiculate to acuminate or caudate at apex,, often glaucous beneath; lateral nerves 3-10 pairs, faint to prominent above, conspicuous beneath; petioles 2-6 x 0.5-1.5 mm. Inflorescence few-flowered (females) or many-flowered (males), sometimes bisexual. Male flowers: pedicels 5-15 mm long; tepals 3 + 3, narrowly oblong to spathulate, 2-5 x 1-2 mm, occasionally puberulous; anthers 3-4, ca 2 mm long. Female flowers : sessile;, 1.5-3.5 x 2-3 mm, irregularly 4-6 toothed; teeth triangular, deltoid or suborbicular, 0.4-1.2 mm long, obtuse to subacute; ovary depressed, ca 0.5 x 1.5-2 mm, 3-5(-6)-locular,; style 3-5 , 0.8-2 x 1.5-3 mm, , deltoid or triangular, 0.6-1.2 x 0.8-1.2 mm. Capsules depressed, 2-5 x 6-12 mm, 3-5locular; pedicels absent or very short. |