Similar to Phyllanthus fraternus, but completely glabrous, foliage-leaves smaller (3-6 x 1.5-3 mm), oblong, ♂ & ♀ flowers occurring together in some axils, sepals of both sexes 5, those of the ♀ flowers acute or subacute and with a broader green midrib and narrower pale margins, ♀ disc 5-lobed, the lobes triangular, with or without 1-2 lateral lobules near the base.