Bushweed

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Bushweed

Flueggea leucopyrus

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Phyllanthaceae
Tribe:	Phyllantheae
Subtribe:	Flueggeinae
Genus:	Flueggea Willd.

Species

Flueggea capillipes
Flueggea flexuosa
Flueggea leucopyrus
Flueggea microcarpa
Flueggea neowawraea - mehamehame
Flueggea nicrocarpa
Flueggea sinensis
Flueggea spicata
Flueggea suffruticosa - hitotsuba hagi
Flueggea tinctoria - tamujo
Flueggea ussuriensis
Flueggea virosa - simpleleaf bushweed, snowberry
Flueggea wallichiana
Flueggea xerocarpa
etc.

Bushweeds (genus Flueggea) are a taxon of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae, comprising several much-ramified shrubs distributed throughout the Eastern Hemisphere's tropical zones. The genus is named after John Fluegge, a German cryptogamic botanist.

Members of this genus all have entire ovate leaves and minute green flowers that form at leaves' axiles in the form of fascicles or cymes. The fruits are berries, of the size of peas.

Members of the genus were formerly labeled under the genus Securinega.