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Characteristics
Plant Type
Annual, Weed, A herb with slender subwoody stems.
Lifespan
Annual
Flower
Insignificant small greenish-yellow-white male and female flowers on same plant. Female flowers form from the first to middle part of the leaf and male flowers from the middle to the tip.
Fruit
Green or greenish red .12" in diameter divided into three parts. The surface has scales that are raised and when it dries it expel seeds for dispersal.
Taxonomy
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Phyllanthaceae
Genus
Phyllanthus
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