[1][2] It is native to northern South America.

[3][4][5][6] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.

[7] moved to other genera: Chaetocarpus Lachnostylis In 1851, Liebmann used the same name, Discocarpus, to refer to some plants in the Urticaceae.

[12] Thus he created an illegitimate homonym, so his usage of the name had to be abandoned.

Species names created in Urticaceae:[13] This Phyllanthaceae article is a stub.