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Breynia (for J. P. Breyn, a German botanist of 17th century). Eupharbiaceie. Tropical shrubs or trees, rarely cult. Lvs. alternate, simple: fls. small, in short axillary clusters, monoecious, apetalous; calvx imbricate; styles 2-parted: fr. a reel berry. Related to Phyl- lanthus: about 15 soecies in Trop. Asia ond Pacific Isle. B. turbinata (Phyllanthus turbinatus, Sims). B.M. 1862. L.B.C. 8:731, may be the same as Andrachne fruticosa.
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Plant Characteristics
Cultivation
Scientific Names

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Read about Breynia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Breynia (for J. P. Breyn, a German botanist of 17th century). Eupharbiaceie. Tropical shrubs or trees, rarely cult. Lvs. alternate, simple: fls. small, in short axillary clusters, monoecious, apetalous; calvx imbricate; styles 2-parted: fr. a reel berry. Related to Phyl- lanthus: about 15 soecies in Trop. Asia ond Pacific Isle. B. turbinata (Phyllanthus turbinatus, Sims). B.M. 1862. L.B.C. 8:731, may be the same as Andrachne fruticosa.


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Breynia
Breynia disticha
Breynia disticha
Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Tribe: Phyllantheae
Subtribe: Flueggeinae
Genus: Breynia
J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Species
*Breynia disticha - snowbush

Breynia is a plant genus in the family Phyllanthaceae. It has 35 species, distributed from India to New Caledonia.

Synonymy

This genus is also known under several names: