Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bushveld peacock-berry	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
common pheasant berry	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tree phyllanthus	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Margaritaria discoidea subsp. nitida (Pax) G.L.Webster J. Arnold Arbor. 60: 418 (1979).
Phyllanthus flacourtioides Hutch. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 48 (1915).
Flueggea nitida Pax Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 76 (1894).
Phyllanthus amapondensis Sim Forest Fl. Cape: 325 (1907).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Margaritaria discoidea (Baill.) G.L.Webster var. nitida	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Margaritaria discoidea (Baill.) G.L.Webster var. nitida (Pax) Radcl.-Sm.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Margaritaria discoidea (Baill.)Webster nitida (Pax)Radcl.-Sm.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Margaritaria discoidea var. nitida (Pax)Radcl.-Sm.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
Phyllanthus flacourtoides Hutch.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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