Trees & Plants

Gripe weed

Meyyalunboa

Phyllanthus urinaria L.

Common along the sides of marshy areas An extract of the plant is taken internally for diarrhea, kidney ailments, gonorrhea, and syphilis. Th reat & damage: It is a weed of minor importance in both arable and non- arable lands infesting irrigated lowland to and upland crop orchar

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uses: An extract of the plant is taken internally for diarrhea, kidney ailments, gonorrhea, and syphilis. Th reat & damage: It is a weed of minor importance in both arable and non- arable lands infesting irrigated lowland to and upland crop orchards in South and Southeast Asia. It is also recorded as a weed in North America, Puerto Rico, Brazil and 5, Suriname. 6,
family: Euphorbiaceae
synonym: Phyllanthus leprocarpus Wight.
description: Erect herbs; young stem and leaves reddish. Leaves simple, alternate, Th × 0.6-1.2 0.4-0.6 cm, oblong, apex acute to apiculate, base oblique, margin ciliate, glabrous; stipules ca. 1mm long, linear to subulate. Male flowers in axillary clusters; in 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.
native range: Tropical East Asia
distribution: Widespread in the tropics
english names: Gripe weed · Shatterstone · Leaf flower
flowering fruiting: July - October
occurrence maldives: Common along the sides of marshy areas