Plant Details

Accepted name:: Phyllanthus acidus (L.) Skeels [Phyllanthaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aranelli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
are nelli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arenelli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arinelli	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arinellikka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arinellimaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aru nelli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aru-nelli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arunelli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
avil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
birambi	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
busi	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
catakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catatakamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catataram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catataran	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cerejeira-do-taiti	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
cerezo comun	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cerezo de la tierra	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cerezo occidental	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cerisier de tahiti	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
cermai	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chaimeri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chalmeri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chamin-chamin	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chandagam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cheremai	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cherimbillier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
cherme	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
chermela	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ciruela cortena	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
country gooseberry	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
daun ceremai	Other	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017)
dà jǐ kē	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ghana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
goose berry	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
gooseberry	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gooseberry tree	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gooseberry-tree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
grosella	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
grosellero	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
guinda	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
haraphroti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
harfaarevadi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
harfarauri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
harphal	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
harpurrewdi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indian gooseberry	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
indian-gooseberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
jambalin	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
jimbling	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
karinelli	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kemangor	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
khaati aawala	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kila-nelli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kirakaniyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kirakaniyamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kirinelli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kirnelli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kirunelli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
komala valkalā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
komalavalkala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lavali	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lavali-phala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
lavaliphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lavalī	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
lavalīphala (fruit)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
lavani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lowani hariphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mak-hkam-sang-paw	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
malay gooseberry	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
malay-gooseberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
manzana estrella	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nakshatra nelli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
narphal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neli-pouli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nelipouli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nellippuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nellipuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
noyaal	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
otaheite gooseberry	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
otaheite-gooseberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
pandu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pauttiranelli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pauttiranellimaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
phyllanthi acidi folium	Pharmaceutical	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017)
phyllanthus acidus whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
pomme surelle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
puttari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pāṇḍuḥ	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
raacha usirika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raachayusarike	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
raachayusirika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raay aamali	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
raaya-aawal	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
raayanelli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raayara nelli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
racavusarike	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
racavusiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
racayusirika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raccavusirikaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
racha usiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rachauserike	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rachausirika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rachayusirika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rassauseriki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rata nelli	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
ratasavusiriki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ratsausirike	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ratsausiriki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ratsausirki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ratsavusirikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ratsavusiroki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ray-avil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rayamalaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rayaranelli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rojamvali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
russausareki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
russauserekee	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sadadaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sadagam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
skandhaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
srigdha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
stachelbeerbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
star gooseberry	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
star-gooseberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
sugandhamoola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sugandhamula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sugandhamūlā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
surelle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
surette	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
tahitian gooseberry	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tahitian-gooseberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
tahitikrusbär	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
tanuttuvacacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tavittuppalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thinbaw-zibyu	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
usiri chettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vekupattirimaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
west india gooseberry	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yè xià zhū shǔ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yóu gān	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
රට නෙල්ලි	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
叶下珠属	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
大戟科	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
油柑	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fruits		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
leaves, roots		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Sap, fruit		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
leaves		Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
fruit, root, seed, bark	juice	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
leaves		Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017)
fruit	dried fruit	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
leaf		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 15 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cicca acida (L.) Merr. Interpr. Herb. Amboin.: 314 (1917).
Cicca disticha L. Mant. Pl. 1: 124 (1767).
Cicca nodiflora Lam. Encycl. 2: 1 (1786).
Phyllanthus distichus (L.) Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 413 (1866), nom. illeg.
Averrhoa frondosa Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 318 (1796).
Cicca acidissima Blanco Fl. Filip.: 700 (1837).
Cicca racemosa Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 556 (1790).
Diasperus acidissimus (Blanco) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 598 (1891).
Phyllanthus acidissimus (Blanco) Müll.Arg. Linnaea 32: 50 (1863).
Phyllanthus cicca Müll.Arg. Linnaea 32: 50 (1863).
Phyllanthus cicca var. bracteosa Müll.Arg. Linnaea 32: 50 (1863).
Phyllanthus cochinchinensis (Lour.) Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 417 (1866), nom. illeg.
Phyllanthus distichus f. nodiflorus (Lam.) Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 414 (1866).
Phyllanthus longifolius Jacq. Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 2: 36 (1797).
Tricarium cochinchinense Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 557 (1790).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cicca acida	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cicca acida (L.) Merr.	Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017)
Cicca acida (Linn.) Merrill.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Cicca acida L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Cicca acida MERR.	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
Cicca acida Merr.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cicca disticha L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cicca disticha Linn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cicca nodiflora Lamk.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Phyllanthus acidus	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Phyllanthus acidus (L.) Skeels	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Phyllanthus acidus (L.) Skeels MŸll. Arg.	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
Phyllanthus acidus (L.)Skeels	Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Phyllanthus acidus (Linn.) Skeels	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015)
Phyllanthus acidus (Linn.) Skeels.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Phyllanthus acidus Skeels	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Phyllanthus acidus Skeels.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Phyllanthus distichus	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Phyllanthus distichus (L.) Müll.Arg.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Phyllanthus distichus (L.)Muell.Arg.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Phyllanthus distichus Muell. Arg.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Phyllanthus distichus Muell.-Arg.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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