Phyllanthus racemosus

Phyllanthus racemosus is a small deciduous shrub or tree growing up to 3 or 6 m in height. 

The bark of Phyllanthus racemosus is brown-grey and smooth. 
When mature the bark has papery scales. 
The branches are woody and round, the young branchlets are angular to subterete. 
The branchlets at the base are sometimes puberulous.

The leaves of Phyllanthus racemosus are pinnate, with an alternate arrangement. 
They are linear-oblong in shape, less than 1 cm in size. 
The leaf base is obtuse as well as its apex. The leaf margin is entire. They are nearly stalkless. 
There is 6 to 8 pairs of lateral faint nerves. 
There are minute lanceolate stipules.

The flowers of Phyllanthus racemosus are found in inflorescences, either male or female. 
The plant is monoecious, which means the same plant bears both male and female flowers. 
The flowers are small in size, less than 1 cm. 
They are growing in axillary clusters or solitary. 
They are green-white in colour. 
They have a 6-lobed calyx and 6-glandular central disk. 
The glands are globose and the margin is crenulate. 
The male flowers are found at the proximal axils, growing in glomerulate. The stamens are united in a column. 
The female flowers are found solitary at distal axils. 

The fruit of Phyllanthus racemosus is a 3-valved capsule, resembling to a small gooseberry. 
The fruits are less than 0.5 cm in size. 
The capsules are green. 
At maturity, the capsule dehisces through fruit locules (small compartments of an ovary).

The seeds of Phyllanthus racemosus are trigonous. 
They have 3 salient edges and their size is less than 0.5 cm. 
The seeds are minutely tuberculated.