Plant Details

Accepted name:: Margaritaria discoidea (Baill.) G.L.Webster [Phyllanthaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 4

Margaritaria discoidea var. triplosphaera Radcl.-Sm.

Margaritaria discoidea var. discoidea

Margaritaria discoidea var. fagifolia (Pax) Radcl.-Sm.

Margaritaria discoidea var. nitida (Pax) Radcl.-Sm.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
common pheasant-berry	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
kinsende	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
phyllanthus	Other	Med. Pl. Trop. W Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983)
umphazite	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umphunzito	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cicca discoidea Baill. Recueil Observ. Bot. 1: 85 (1860).
Diasperus discoideus (Baill.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 599 (1891).
Phyllanthus discoideus (Baill.) Müll.Arg. Linnaea 32: 51 (1863).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cicca discoidea Baill.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Diasperus discoideus (Baill.)Kuntze	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Margaritaria discoidea	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Margaritaria discoidea (Baill.) G.L. Webster	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Margaritaria discoidea (Baill.) G.L.Webster	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Margaritaria discoidea (Baill.) Webster	SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015)
Margaritaria discoidea (Baill.)G.L.Webster	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Phyllanthus discoides Muell.-Arg.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Phyllanthus discoideus (Baill.) Mull.Arg.	Med. Pl. Trop. W Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983)
Phyllanthus discoideus (Baill.)Muell.Arg.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Phyllanthus discoideus (Baill.)Muell.Arg. discoideus	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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