Phyllanthus niruri seed

LATIN NAME: Phyllanthus niruri

COMMON NAME: Chanca Piedra, Stone Breaker, Gale of the Wind

The chanca piedra is a modest and widespread herb of the tropics, and its neat, leafy stems and its tiny flowers have made it a plant of long-standing interest in the herbal traditions of the warm world. It grows as an annual, herbaceous herb of the leaf-flower family, reaching up to sixty centimetres, with an upright, branching stem bearing the small, oval, paired leaflets along the slender branchlets and, through the warm season, the many tiny, inconspicuous, greenish flowers, borne in the leaf axils, followed by the small, round, greenish capsules of the tiny seeds. It is a species of the leaf-flower family, a widespread tropical plant commonly found in the coastal areas from the Texas southward through the Mexico, the Central America and the wide regions of the South America and India, while it is known as the chanca piedra and by the numerous other common names, and it is a modest but famous herb of the warm world.

The chanca piedra belongs to the leaf-flower family, Phyllanthaceae, and it is a widespread tropical plant commonly found in the coastal areas from the Texas southward through the Mexico, the Central America and the wide regions of the South America and India. It is known as the chanca piedra, the stone breaker or the gale of the wind, and it is a modest but famous herb of the warm world, prized for its long-standing interest in the herbal traditions.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The chanca piedra has a genuine and distinguished place in the chemical and the pharmacological research. It has been studied in the chemistry of the natural products, since the plant contains a wide range of the compounds, including the lignans, the flavonoids and the other constituents, and researchers have examined the content of the plant, the compounds and their potential biological activity, while the chemistry of the plant has drawn attention in the international natural-product press as a subject of continuing research. The plant has also been studied in pharmacology, since it has a very long history of use in the traditional herbal medicine of the Amazon and the warm world, and researchers have examined the potential uses of the compounds, while the traditional uses of the plant in the region have been examined, and it is best to treat the plant with respect, as a subject of the traditional medicine and the research rather than a casual home remedy. The species has also been studied in botany, since it is a member of the leaf-flower family, and its classification and its relationships have been examined, while the study of the many small herbs of the genus and their groups has been of continuing interest. For a herb of such wide renown, the chanca piedra has a rich and distinguished record of research.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

Ecologically, the chanca piedra is a modest plant of the tropical coasts and the waysides. Its tiny flowers feed the small insects, and its leafy stems give cover, while it is a familiar presence in the coastal areas and the warm regions of the Americas and India.

Its economic value is real and historic. The plant has a very long history of use in the traditional herbal medicine of the Amazon and the warm world, and its chemistry has drawn attention in the international natural-product press as a subject of continuing research, while the plant remains of interest to the collectors of the medicinal herbs. Please note that the plant is used in the traditional medicine and is best appreciated as a subject of study rather than a casual home remedy. For a grower, the chanca piedra is an easy annual, and for a gardener it brings neat, leafy stems and a modest, historic presence. The seeds are simple and reliable — scatter them on the surface of moist, free-draining soil in a warm, sunny spot, press them in lightly, keep them gently watered, and they’ll be sprouting within a week or two, growing on into a neat, leafy plant of the warm garden.

Under the leaves is a herbaceous plant, about 10-60 cm in height, all parts are bitter. The leaf is composed of single-layered feathers, with an apex of 23-25 ​​leaves, with a narrow, narrow base about 0.40 X 1.00 cm. The stem is attached to the trunk with a magenta.

      The flowers of the leaves under the leaves are small white. Diameter is about 0.08 cm. The flowers are separate sex is female flowers are usually cones. The flowers are usually in the tip of the leaf.

      The fruit under the leaves are smooth, light green round about 0.15 cm attached to the bottom of the leaves. When the old is split into 6 lobes, each lobe will have 1 seed, 1 / 6th of a spherical seed, about 0.10 cm in diameter.