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Family: Phyllanthaceae
Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Equisetopsida > Malpighiales > Phyllanthaceae > Phyllanthus > P. urinaria
Common name [English]: Chamber bitter, gripeweed
Vernacular name [Malayalam]: ചുവന്നനെല്ലി
Nativity: Tropical & Subtropical Asia to N. Australia.
Habitat: In the plains, also in degraded deciduous forests
Description: Erect herbs to 40 cm tall; young stem and leaves reddish. Leaves: oblong, base oblique, margin ciliate, apex acute to apiculate, glabrous; stipules c. 1mm long, linear to subulate. Male flowers in axillary clusters; tepals 6, 1-seriate, orbicular; stamens 5, filaments united; disc 6-lobed. Female flowers in lower axils, solitary; tepals 6, obovate-oblong; ovary warted without; stigma 3, each 2-fid; disc annular. Capsule 2-3 mm across, globose, 3-lobed, sessile, verrucose. Seeds 6, trigonous, transversely ridged.
Flowering and Fruiting : July - October
Uses: It is used in folk medicine as a cure to treat jaundice, diabetes, malaria, and liver diseases.
Cultivation: Wild
References
http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
https://indiabiodiversity.org
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