Phyllanthus urinaria seed
LATIN NAME: Phyllanthus urinaria
COMMON NAME: Leaf Flower
The leaf flower holds its small, oval, leaf-like branchlets and the tiny, greenish flowers along the underside of the stems, and the whole plant stands in the upright, neat clumps. The upright, branching, annual or short-lived perennial plant carries the small, oval, leaf-like branchlets arranged in two neat rows along the stems and the tiny, greenish, petal-less flowers tucked in the angles between the branchlets through the warm season, one of the fine, quiet sights of the herb patch, to be followed by the small, round, warty, green or reddish capsules. The whole plant has a very long record in the old practice of the cool lands, and it is a fine, historic presence of the herb patch. It is a plant of the open, sunny, deep, moist, well-drained ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The leaf flower is a historic subject of the plant science, and the tiny flowers keep showing up in the work on the herbaceous small plants. The way the small, oval, leaf-like branchlets arrange in the two neat rows along the stems has been examined closely, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the herbaceous small plants, the tiny flowers and the members of the spurge family. The warty capsules and the neat habit have also made it a fine study plant, and the leaf flower is a regular subject of the work on the tiny flowers of the warm world.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The leaf flower is a fine, quiet plant of the herb patch and the study collection. The small, oval, leaf-like branchlets arranged in the two neat rows along the stems carry the fine, neat look of the old herb patches, and the whole plant has a very long record in the old practice of the cool lands, the dried plants coming to the old teas and the old remedies of the old shops, while the tiny, greenish, petal-less flowers tuck in the angles between the branchlets through the warm season, to be followed by the small, round, warty, green or reddish capsules. It is one of the fine choices for the herb patch, the study bed and the study collection, and it has been written about in the botanical and the scientific papers for the tiny flowers and the very long history. It is a fine, quiet plant of the open, sunny, deep, moist, well-drained garden.
Give the young plants the deep, moist bed, and the neat rows will fill the warm months.
To grow the leaf flower from seed, sow the tiny, round, brown seeds just below the surface of the pot of fine, gritty soil, keep the pot in a bright, open spot and water gently, then set the young plants out in the open ground. The seedlings push through within a couple of weeks and grow on fast. With the sun and the deep, moist, well-drained ground, the neat rows will fill the warm months.
These plants have been cultivated by natural means on unpolluted land without the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides. They have not been fumigated, irradiated, or genetically altered.
These plants have been grown wild in nature without human intervention and ideally have been harvested following wildcrafting guidelines.