Phyllanthaceae
Chamber bitter
Phyllanthus urinaria
- Family
- Phyllanthaceae
- Genus
- Phyllanthus
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Common names
By language (19)
- arz
- فيلانثوس بولى
- Cantonese
- 珍珠草
- cdo
- Nuŏk-â-ciŏ
- Chinese
- 叶下珠, 葉下珠, 假油树, 珍珠草, 珠仔草, 蓖其草, 阴阳草, 假油樹
- English
- Chamber bitter, Chamberbitter
- Indonesian
- Meniran
- Japanese
- コミカンソウ
- Javanese
- Meniran
- Korean
- 여우구슬
- mad
- Nir-menniran
- Malayalam
- ചുവന്ന കീഴാർനെല്ലി
- Marathi
- भुईआवळी
- min
- Sidukuang anak
- Nepali
- भुइँमाला
- Sinhala
- රත් පිටවක්කා
- Sundanese
- Meniran
- Tamil
- செங்கீழாநெல்லி
- Thai
- หญ้าใต้ใบ
- Vietnamese
- Chó đẻ răng cưa, Cây chó đẻ, Cây chó đẻ răng cưa, Diệp hạ châu, Diệp hạ châu đắng, Diệp hậu châu, Nhật khai dạ bế, Trân châu thảo
Synonyms
- Diasperus urinaria (L.) Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- August to November (from 204 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Pacific Basin: native, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: M. Whitson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: bunnymom20, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Engers, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: scallions, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Prenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 黄彦豪, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rison Thumboor from Thrissur, India, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Greg III Espera, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Monarchatto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.