| Dicotyledon | Literature for Phyllanthus distichus
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Phyllanthaceae | Bibliography |
| Phyllanthus distichus | |
Common name(s): pamakani, pamakani mahu |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | In the Hawaiian Islands, endemic to Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui. | |
| Habit |
Monoecious or apparently sometimes dioecious shrubs 0.3-1(-3) m tall; stems erect or, when more than 1 m long, usually scandent, branching nonphyllanthoid, main stem leafy and bearing flowers. |
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| Leaves |
Leaves distichous, variable in shape, lanceolate to elliptic, sometimes ovate or broadly elliptic, (9-)15-65(-85) mm long, (5-)10-30(-34) mm wide, glabrous or with a few widely scattered hairs, apex acute to rounded, base rounded or sometimes slightly cordate, petioles 0-3(-4) mm long, stipules cordate, 1-2 mm long, deciduous. |
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| Flowers |
Staminate flowers in dense, axillary, bracteate cymes,
pedicels 2-4 mm long, calyx lobes 6, ca. 1-1.3 mm long, nectary disk 6-lobed, stamens 3, filaments distinct; pistillate flowers few or solitary in the leaf axils, sometimes surrounded by staminate flowers, pedicels 4-12 mm long, calyx 6-lobed, ca. 3 mm long, nectary disk circular, scarcely lobed, styles distinct, deeply bifid. |
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| Fruit |
Capsules green to brown, depressed-globose, 3-3.5 mm in diameter, explosively dehiscent. |
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| Seeds |
Seeds angled, ca. 1 mm long. |
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