Phyllanthus beillei Hutch.

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Levasflor, Cheringoma, Mozambique.

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Swanepoel Concession, Cheringoma

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Synonyms:	Phyllanthus grahamii Hutch & M.B. Moss Phyllanthus nyassae Pax & K. Hoffm. Phyllanthus stolzianus Pax & K. Hoffm. Phyllanthus welwitschianus Müll. Arg. var. beillei (Hutch.) Radcl.-Sm.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Much-branched twiggy shrub, up to 3 m tall, spreading and often wider than tall. Leaves alternate in a horizontal plane, elliptic-obovate to oblong-oblanceolate, up to 7 × 3 cm. Flowers in axillary clusters, pendent below the leaves, unisexual always on different plants (male), pale creamy yellowish-green, with spreading petal-like sepals. Fruit a 3-lobed capsule, c. 8 mm in diameter.
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Worldwide distribution:	From Guinée to CAR and DRC and Angola; in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Also very disjunct populations in Thailand and Cambodia.
Malawi distribution:	N,S
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Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 149. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 419. As Phyllanthus welwitschianus (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 251. As Phyllanthus stolzianus Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 42. Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Pages 84 - 85. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 88.

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