Citation: R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 357 (1810).

Derivation: Greek anthos, flower; bolos, casting off; the perianth is deciduous.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Dioecious glabrous shrubs; leaves alternate, caducous, minute (rarely to 4 mm long).

Flowers small, axillary (male in clusters of 1-3, female often solitary), pedicellate; perianth of 3-5 yellow spreading segments; filaments short, thick; anthers 2-celled, opening inwards by longitudinal slits; ovary superior, fleshy, with sessile stigma, reduced in the male flowers to a flat disk, with 1 ovule.

Drupe on a thickened pedicel, with succulent exocarp.

Distribution:  3 species, all Australian. (H. U. Stauffer (1959) Mitt. Bot. Mus. Univ. Zürich 213:101-116.)

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available