Family Name | Phyllanthaceae |
Scientific name | Phyllanthus urinaria |
Common name | Chamberbitter |
Growth habit | Born 400-1000 meters above sea level in the hillsides bushes or woodland |
Leaf | Leaves are oblong in shape, 0.5 to 1.5 inch in length, on short branches, and look similar to compound leaves of some legumes |
Flower | Small, inconspicuous, and greenish-white |
Fruit | Distinctive round fruit are borne on the undersides of the lateral branches at the leaf axils |
More to learn | Although in the spurge family, its stems do not exude milky sap when broken |
Properties | Bitter, sweet, cool, non toxic |
Treats | Heat diuretic, eyesight, consumer product. Nephritis edema, urinary tract infection, stones, enteritis, dysentery, small two malnutrition product, eye keratitis, jaundice, hepatitis; topical treatment of bamboo snake bites |
Reference | 葉下珠 Chamberbitter (Phyllanthus urinaria L.) Phyllanthus urinaria |