Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amala jhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bhiuavate	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhuiavali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhumyaamalaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kaadu nelli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mothi-bhuiaamvali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
motibhuiavali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
niruri	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uchchi usirika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uchhiyusirka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
黄珠子草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root, leaves, flower, fruit, seed		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Whole Plant		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 35 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Phyllanthus simplex Retz. Observ. Bot. 5: 29 (1789).
Phyllanthus simplex var. virgatus (G.Forst.) Müll.Arg. Linnaea 32: 32 (1863), nom. illeg.
Diasperus beckleri (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 598 (1891).
Diasperus conterminus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 599 (1891).
Diasperus depressus Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 599 (1891).
Diasperus pedunculatus (Kostel.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 597 (1891).
Diasperus virgatus (G.Forst.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 597 (1891).
Macraea oblongifolia Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5(2): 27 (1852).
Macraea ovalifolia Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5(2): 27 (1852).
Melanthesa anceps (Vahl) Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(2): 371 (1859).
Melanthesa rupestris Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(2): 371 (1859).
Phyllanthus anceps Vahl Symb. Bot. 2: 95 (1791).
Phyllanthus beckleri Müll.Arg. Linnaea 34: 74 (1865).
Phyllanthus conterminus Müll.Arg. Linnaea 32: 32 (1863).
Phyllanthus eboracensis S.Moore J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 45: 216 (1920).
Phyllanthus filicaulis Benth. Fl. Austral. 6: 111 (1873).
Phyllanthus fruticosus B.Heyne ex Benth. in N.Wallich, Numer. List: n.° 7899A (1847), nom. nud.
Phyllanthus gracillimus F.Muell. ex Benth. Fl. Austral. 6: 112 (1873), pro syn.
Phyllanthus marginatus B.Heyne ex Benth. in N.Wallich, Numer. List: n.° 7899A (1847), nom. nud.
Phyllanthus narayanswamii Gamble Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 329 (1925).
Phyllanthus pedunculatus Kostel. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 5: 1769 (1836).
Phyllanthus pratensis Pancher ex Baill. Adansonia 2: 237 (1862).
Phyllanthus simplex var. brevipes Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 392 (1866).
Phyllanthus simplex var. filicaulis (Benth.) Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 876 (1927).
Phyllanthus simplex var. genuinus Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 391 (1866), not validly publ.
Phyllanthus simplex var. gracillimus Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 877 (1927).
Phyllanthus simplex var. leiospermus Benth. Fl. Austral. 6: 111 (1873).
Phyllanthus simplex subvar. leiospermus (Benth.) Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 322 (1927).
Phyllanthus simplex var. myriocladus Müll.Arg. Linnaea 32: 33 (1863).
Phyllanthus simplex var. myrtifolius Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 876 (1927).
Phyllanthus simplex var. oblongifolius (Wight) Müll.Arg. Linnaea 32: 32 (1863).
Phyllanthus simplex var. pinifolius Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 877 (1927).
Phyllanthus simplex var. pratensis Müll.Arg. Linnaea 32: 33 (1863).
Phyllanthus trachygyne Benth. Fl. Austral. 6: 103 (1873).
Phyllanthus weinlandii K.Schum. in K.M.Schumann & C.A.G.Lauterbach, Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee, Nachtr.: 287 (1905).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Phyllanthus simplex	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Phyllanthus simplex Retz.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Phyllanthus simplex Retz. var. virgatus (Forst. f.) Muell.-Arg.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Phyllanthus simplex Retzius	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Phyllanthus simplex retz.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Phyllanthus virgatus Forest	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Phyllanthus virgatus Forst. f.	Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Phyllanthus virgatus Forst.f.	Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017)
Phyllanthus virgatus Forster fil.	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Phyllanthus virgatus G. Forst.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Phyllanthus virgatus G. Forst. var. virgatus	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Phyllanthus virgatus G.Forst.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Phyllantus simplex Retz.	Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017)

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