Chamberbitter
Phyllanthus urinaria
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Kerala, Uttarakhand, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- July-March
How to identify Chamberbitter
Identify Chamberbitter by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Alternate.
- Confirm leaf margin: Entire (smooth edge).
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Euphorbiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Chamberbitter.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Phyllanthus urinaria
- Genus
- Phyllanthus
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Plains and moist places
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Native to
- Tropical East Asia
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Found in India
- Kerala, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- AlternaterecordedOne leaf per node, arranged in a spiral or zigzag up the stem.“It grows to a height of about 60 centimetres (2 feet), has small alternate leaves resembling those of the genus Mimosa, disposed in two ranges.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf margin
- Entire (smooth edge)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Chamberbitter itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- GreenrecordedGreen or greenish
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Chamberbitter itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Nepali
- भुइँमाला
- Tamil
- செங்கீழாநெல்லி
- Malayalam
- ചുവന്ന കീഴാർനെല്ലി
- Marathi
- भुईआवळी
About Chamberbitter
A member of the Euphorbiaceae family, Chamberbitter (Phyllanthus urinaria) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Uttarakhand, Karnataka and 17 other states. It grows in plains and moist places. Flowering and fruiting run from July to March.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Chamberbitter belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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