Plant Details

Accepted name:: Phyllanthus niruri L. [Phyllanthaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 2

Phyllanthus niruri subsp. lathyroides (Kunth) G.L.Webster

Phyllanthus niruri subsp. niruri

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ambin buah	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
amin buah	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
arranca-pedra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
arrebenta-pedra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
bhui-anwla	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
bhumyamlaki	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
bhuumyaamalaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
buntan siok	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chanca piedra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
chancapiedra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
daun ambin buah	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
daun dukong anak	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
derriere dos	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
derriere-dos	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
derrière dos	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
des dos	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
dukong anak	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dukong-dukong anak	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dukung anak	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ekstrak kental herba meniran	Other	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017)
erva-pombinha	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
feuilles la fievre	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
flor-de-joja	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
fura-parede	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
fura-pedra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
gale of the wind	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
gulf leaf-flower	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
helechito	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
herba menlran	Other	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn. (DKRI, 2008)
kari boos	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
keman jolok	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kyet-tha-hin	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
memeniran	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
memenrian	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
meniran	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Med. Pl. of S. Arabia & Indonesia: Cytotoxicity (Latif et al., 2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
niruri	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
phyllanthi niruri herba	Pharmaceutical	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn. (DKRI, 2008)
phyllanthi niruri herbae extractum spissum	Pharmaceutical	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017)
phyllanthus	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
phyllanthus niruri herbae	Pharmaceutical	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
phyllanthus niruri whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
phyllanthus niruriae herbae	Pharmaceutical	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019)
pokok dukung anak	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
quebra pedra	Other	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
quebra-pedra	Other	Farmacop. Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015) Native Braz. Pl. Used as Anthelmintics (Kuhn Agnes et al., 2023) Pl. Med. da Caatinga e Paraiba, Brasil (Cordeiro & Félix, 2014) Pl. Med. e Relig. em Mercados no RJ, Brasil (de Azevedo & Silva, 2006) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
quebra-pedra-branca	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
quinina criolla	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
quinine créole	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
rami buah	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rompe piedras	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
seed on the leaf	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
tamalaka	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
turi hutan	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yaung-ma-ywet	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
yerba de la niña	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves, stems, roots		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
root		Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015)
aerial part, leaf, bark, entire plant		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
leaf, stem		Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
root		Farmacop. Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015)
All parts		Med. Pl. of S. Arabia & Indonesia: Cytotoxicity (Latif et al., 2014)
root		Pl. Med. da Caatinga e Paraiba, Brasil (Cordeiro & Félix, 2014)
partes aéreas		Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019)
herbs		Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017)
leaf		Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
entire plant, leaf		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
leaf		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
aerial parts, entire plant, leaf, root	Green root, fresh leaf	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
aerial parts	dried aerial parts	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Diasperus niruri (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 600 (1891).
Niruris annua Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 91 (1838), nom. superfl.
Nymphanthus niruri (L.) Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 545 (1790).
Phyllanthus humilis Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 391 (1796), nom. superfl.
Phyllanthus niruri var. genuinus Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 406 (1866), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Phyllanthus Niruri	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Phyllanthus niruri	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Mexico (Heinrich et al., 1998) Med. Pl. of S. Arabia & Indonesia: Cytotoxicity (Latif et al., 2014) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015)
Phyllanthus niruri L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) Farmacop. Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn. (DKRI, 2008) 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) Hepatoprotective Native Pl. in Brazilian Med. (Antunes et al., 2022) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014) Med. Pl. Trop. W Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015) Native Braz. Pl. Used as Anthelmintics (Kuhn Agnes et al., 2023) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Med. da Caatinga e Paraiba, Brasil (Cordeiro & Félix, 2014) Pl. Med. e Relig. em Mercados no RJ, Brasil (de Azevedo & Silva, 2006) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Phyllanthus niruri Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Phyllantus niruri Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)

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