Breynia racemosa (Blume) Müll.Arg. in DC., Prodr. 15(2): 441. 1866; Chakrab. & M. Gangop. in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 20: 505, f. 2. 1996. Melanthesa racemosa Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 592. 1826. Phyllanthus reclinatus Roxb. [Hort. Bengal. 69. 1814, nom. nud.] Fl. Ind., ed. Carey, 3: 669. 1832. Breynia reclinata (Roxb.) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 331. 1887.

Shrubs, 1 - 6 m high, usually scandent, often climbing, entirely glabrous. Leaves ovate to elliptic, sometimes suborbicular or ovate-lanceolate, rounded, obtuse to acute at base, reflexed along margins, acute or sometimes obtuse and mucronate at apex, 2 - 7.5 x 1 - 4 cm, thinly to stiffly coriaceous, glaucous beneath; lateral nerves 3 - 6 pairs; petioles 2 - 5 mm long. Male flowers: pedicels (3 -) 6 - 10 mm long; calyx 2 - 3 x 2.5 - 3 mm; anthers 1.5 - 3 mm long. Female flowers: pedicels 1 - 4 mm long; calyx 2.5 - 5 mm in diam.; lobes suborbicular; ovary subglobose, 1 - 2 mm in diam.; styles almost obsolete, triangular or deltoid. Fruits globose, 6 - 10 mm in diam; pedicels 3 - 5 mm long; calyx up to 5 mm in diam.

Fl. & Fr. April - Dec.

Distrib. India: Edges of evergreen forests, mixed forests, open places in inland forests, rocky hill slopes, up to 175 m altitude. Nicobar Islands.

Myanmar, Thailand, Malaya, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and Celebes.