Plant Details

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

Phyllanthus tenellus var. arabicus Müll.Arg.

Phyllanthus tenellus var. tenellus

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
erva-pombinha	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014)
phyllanthus tenellae herbae	Pharmaceutical	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019)
phyllanthus tenellus herbae	Pharmaceutical	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
quebra-pedra	Other	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
partes aéreas		Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019)
leaf		Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
aerial parts	dried aerial parts	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Diasperus tenellus (Roxb.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 601 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Phyllanthus tenellus Roxb.	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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