Phyllanthus subcrenulatus F.Muell.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1859) Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 1(5): 108. Type: "In silvis Australiae orientalis subtropicae."

Shrub to 2 m tall, often less than 1 m; branchlets angular. Plants glabrous.

Leaf blades about 0.8-3(-6) x 0.4-1.2(-2) cm, ovate to narrowly ovate, apex acute or acuminate, base acute. Leaf margin crenulate. Petioles very short. Leaves alternate. Midrib slightly raised, and other venation obvious. Stipules linear or narrowly triangular, about 1 mm long.

Inflorescence axillary, flowers solitary or in few-flowered clusters or fascicles. Flowers unisexual, up to 3 mm diameter, and plants monoecious. Peduncle ca. 3 mm long, lengthening to 10 mm long in fruit. Tepals 6, in two whorls, yellowish to green with transluscent margins. Male flowers with 3 stamens, free. Female flowers with a 3-locular superior ovary, styles 3 and each deeply bifid.

Fruit green to brown, glabrous, globular, +/- 3-lobed, slightly concave at the apex, ca. 6 mm diameter. Seeds about 2 mm long. Perianth persistent in fruit.

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Occurs in CEQ near Eungella and southwards to New South Wales. Altitudinal range from about 200 m to 1000 m. Grows in drier rain forest.