Protomegabaria is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1911.Hutchinson. 1911. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 30, t. 2929Tropicos, Protomegabaria Hutch. It is native to western and central Africa.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesGovaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.
Species Protomegabaria macrophylla (Pax) Hutch. - Nigeria, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands Protomegabaria meiocarpa J.Léonard - Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo Protomegabaria stapfiana (Beille) Hutch. - West Africa (Liberia to Republic of the Congo)
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