Habit; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 7/2005 © Jörn Germer
Fruits; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 7/2005 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower side of leaf; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 7/2005 © Jörn Germer
Line drawing; Source: Lit.# [13]
Identifier: 475
Date of entry: 28.12.2006
Last update: 11.01.2020
Kingdom: Plantae (2629)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2532)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2141)
Order: Malpighiales (111)
Family: Euphorbiaceae (77)(family description)
Genus: Phyllanthus (6)
Epithet: niruri L. (1)
Synonym: Phyllanthus amarus Schumacher
amarus => bitter
niruri => name derives from the Indigenous American vernacular name
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: green, yellow, white
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