Plant Details

Accepted name:: Breynia retusa (Dennst.) Alston [Phyllanthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bahupraja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bahuprajaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bahupushpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bahupuspa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bilisuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
davadari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dawadaree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
devadaari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
devadari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
devadaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaali kamboi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kaamboji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kalamahomad	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalichikali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kambhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kamboji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kedakamboi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khedakamboi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kintaipude	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumarbeeja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lapano	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maalikeelainelli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mi ni mey	Other	Med. Pl. of Karen & Lawa in Thailand (Junsongduang et al., 2013)
nn	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parinnirouri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paruniruri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perin-nirouri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peruniruri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sano nundhiki	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
小叶黑面叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
小柿子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
小柿子叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
红子仔	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 24 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Breynia hyposauropus Croizat J. Arnold Arbor. 21: 493 (1940).
Breynia patens (Roxb.) Rolfe J. Bot. 20: 359 (1882).
Phyllanthus retusus Dennst. Schlüssel Hortus Malab.: 31 (1818).
Breynia angustifolia Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 5: 330 (1887).
Breynia microphylla var. angustifolia (Hook.f.) Airy Shaw Kew Bull. 36: 272 (1981).
Breynia turbinata (Oken) Cordem. Fl. Réunion: 348 (1895).
Melanthesa obliqua Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: t. 1898 (1852).
Melanthesa retusa (Dennst.) Kostel. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 5: 1771 (1836).
Melanthesa turbinata Oken Allg. Naturgesch. 3(3): 1603 (1841).
Melanthesopsis patens (Roxb.) Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 437 (1866).
Melanthesopsis patens var. oblongifolia Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 437 (1866).
Melanthesopsis patens var. turbinata (Oken) Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 437 (1866).
Melanthesopsis patens var. vulgaris Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 437 (1866), not validly publ.
Melanthesopsis variabilis Müll.Arg. Linnaea 32: 75 (1863), nom. superfl.
Melanthesopsis variabilis var. arborea Müll.Arg. Linnaea 32: 75 (1863), nom. superfl.
Melanthesopsis variabilis var. oblongifolius Müll.Arg. Linnaea 32: 75 (1863), nom. superfl.
Melanthesopsis variabilis var. patens (Roxb.) Müll.Arg. Linnaea 32: 75 (1863), nom. superfl.
Melanthesopsis variabilis var. vulgaris Müll.Arg. Linnaea 32: 75 (1863), nom. superfl.
Phyllanthus naviluri Miq. ex Müll.Arg. Linnaea 32: 75 (1863), pro syn.
Phyllanthus patens Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 667 (1832).
Phyllanthus pomaceus Moon Cat. Pl. Ceylon: 65 (1824), nom. nud.
Phyllanthus suffultus Benth. in N.Wallich, Numer. List: n.° 7939 (1847), nom. nud.
Phyllanthus turbinatus J.Koenig ex Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 666 (1832), nom. illeg.
Sauropus elegantissimus Ridl. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1926: 476 (1926).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Breynia hyposauropus Croizt.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Breynia hyposouropus Croiz.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Breynia patens	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Breynia patens (Roxb.) Benth.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Breynia patens Benth.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Breynia patens Bentham	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Breynia retusa (Dennst.) Alst.	Med. Pl. of Karen & Lawa in Thailand (Junsongduang et al., 2013)
Breynia retusa (Dennst.) Alston	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Breynia retusa (Dennst.) Alston.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Breynia retusa (Dennstaedt) Alston	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Breynia retusa (Dennstedt) Alston	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Phyllanthus retusa Dennst.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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