Characteristics Of Phyllanthus Urinaria And Niruri For Herbs

Most people do not know the benefits of these weeds, often thrown away from their gardens. Characteristics of Phyllanthus Urinaria grown in gardens, lawns, curbs, edge gullies, and near garbage disposal. This plant grows on the tropics, from the lowlands and the plateau 1500 m above sea level.

Actually there are many benefits of weeds, but generally people are more confident in modern medicine. Whereas almost all modern medicinal materials made from plants. Even the scientists struggled through Africa and Indonesia to get the chemical compounds of tropical plants.

Characteristics Of Phyllanthus Urinaria

Phyllanthus Urinaria is a species of herb from the Phyllanthaceae family, and divide into two species. Phyllanthus Aurinaria and Phyllanthus Urinaria, both resemble plants of the genus Mimosa and belong to the family Euphorbiaceae. 

The characteristics of Phyllanthus Urinaria leaf characterized by red stems. In ripe fruit, marked flower buds will break transversely. The characteristics of Phyllanthus Niruri leaves, stems is green. In ripe fruit, marked the head of the flower will broken longitudinally.

Phyllanthus Urinaria fruit hanging on a limb. Its grows wild, just like weeds in the bush with the character of leaves neatly arranged. The characteristics of Phyllanthus Urinaria leaves are even similar to Leucaena Leucocephala leaf, small oval shape. The lower leaf surface is mottle and have glands. The features of Phyllanthus Urinaria leaves are large at the end, and smaller towards the petiole. Phyllanthus Urinaria leaves closed at night and open during the day.

Characteristics of Phyllanthus Urinaria is 30 to 40 cm of height. It have soft stems and scattered branches. The plant has female flowers on leaves and male flower on the tip of the leaf. Its consisting of 2 to 3 flower buds. It marked from the shape of round flowers, Phyllanthus Urinaria fruit like a box of three-sided and slick. The size of the fruit is as big as a fraction of rice and diameters between 0.2 to 0.25 cm.

Reference

Phyllanthus Urinaria L, Natural Resources Conservation Service