Glochidion littorale Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 585. 1826; Bedd., Forester's Man. 191. 1873; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 308. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Madras 2(7): 1306. 1925 (repr. ed. 2: 914. 1957); Chakrab. & M.Gangop. in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 19: 215. 1995. Phyllanthus littoralis (Blume) Müll.Arg. in Flora 48: 370. 1865 & in DC., Prodr. 15(2): 280. 1866.

Shrubs or small trees, 1 - 6 m tall, entirely glabrous. Leaves broadly obovate to orbicular or sometimes broadly oblong to oblong-elliptic, cuneate or acute at base, rounded, obtuse or emarginate at apex, 3 - 11 x 2 - 6 cm, coriaceous, glossy; lateral nerves 4 - 8 pairs; petioles 3 - 5 mm long. Inflorescences few-flowered. Male flowers (immature ones seen): pedicels 4 - 7 mm long; sepals elliptic, ca 2 x 1 mm; anthers 4 - 6, ca 1 mm long. Female flowers: pedicels 1 - 2 mm long, ca 1 mm thick; sepals broadly ovate to suborbicular, 2 - 3 x 1 - 2 mm; ovary subglobose, ca 2 mm in diam., 10 - 14-locular, glabrous; style conical, ca 1 x 1 mm, multifid or crenulate at apex. Fruits subglobose, 9 - 12 x 12 - 17 mm, 10 - 14-locular, shallowly lobed; pedicels 3 - 5 mm long.

Fl. & Fr. Period unknown.

Distrib. India: Coastal areas, rare. Kerala and (?) Tamil Nadu.

Sri Lanka, Thailand, China and Indonesia (Java).