Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aranelli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
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)
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 Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
cerezo comun	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
cerezo de la tierra	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
cerezo occidental	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
cerisier de tahiti	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
chaimeri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chalmeri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chandagam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cherimbillier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
ciruela cortena	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
country gooseberry	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ghana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
goose berry	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
gooseberry tree	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gooseberry-tree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
grosella	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
grosellero	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
guinda	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
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 (Kew, 1999)
indian-gooseberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
jambalin	Other	Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
jimbling	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
karinelli	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
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)
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)
malay gooseberry	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
malay-gooseberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
manzana estrella	Other	SEPASAL database (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) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
otaheite-gooseberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
pandu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pauttiranelli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pauttiranellimaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pomme surelle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
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 Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
star gooseberry	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
star-gooseberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
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 Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
surette	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
tahitian gooseberry	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tahitian-gooseberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
tahitikrusbär	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
tanuttuvacacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tavittuppalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
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)
රට නෙල්ලි	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fruits		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
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 L.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Cicca acida Merr.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Cicca disticha L.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020)
Cicca nodiflora Lamk.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Phyllanthus acidus	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Phyllanthus acidus (L.) Skeels	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) 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) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Phyllanthus acidus (L.)Skeels	SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
Phyllanthus acidus (Linn.) Skeels	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015)
Phyllanthus acidus Skeels.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Phyllanthus distichus	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Phyllanthus distichus (L.) Müll.Arg.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Phyllanthus distichus (L.)Muell.Arg.	SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020)
Phyllanthus distichus Muell. Arg.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Phyllanthus distichus Muell.-Arg.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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