Breynia retusa

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Breynia retusa

Scientific Name and Description

Breynia retusa (Dennst.) Alston

Herb Family

Phyllanthaceae

Plant type

Tree

Plant Synonyms

Breynia patens (ROXB.) BENTH.
Breynia angustifolia Hook.f.
Breynia hyposauropus Croizat
Breynia microphylla var. angustifolia (Hook.f.) Airy Shaw
Breynia patens (Roxb.) Rolfe
Breynia patens (Roxb.) Benth. & Hook. f.
Breynia turbinata (Oken) Cordem.
Flueggea retusa (Dennst.) Voigt
Melanthesa obliqua Wight
Melanthesa retusa (Dennst.) Kostel.
Melanthesa turbinata Oken
Melanthesopsis patens (Roxb.) Müll.Arg.
Melanthesopsis variabilis Müll.Arg.
Phyllanthus naviluri Miq. ex Müll.Arg.
Phyllanthus patens Roxb.
Phyllanthus pomaceus Moon
Phyllanthus retusus Dennst.
Phyllanthus turbinatus J.König ex Roxb. nom. illeg.
Sauropus elegantissimus Ridl.

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

Tamil	Tanjni
Telugu	Tangedu , davadari, dawadaree, devadaari, devadari, kintaipude
Kannada	Tangedu chettu, bilisuli, kaamboji
Marathi	Dudhishi, kalichikali
Hindi	Dudhis, kalamahomad, kambhi, kedakamboi, khedakamboi, lapano
Malayalam	parinnirouri, paruniruri, perin-nirouri, peruniruri
Sanskrit	bahupraja, bahupushpa, bahupuspa, devadaru, kamboji, kumarbeeja
Common names	Cup Saucer plant, Shepherd's Bush

Plants Medicinal Value

Medicinal Systems

Ayurved

Folk

Herb usable parts

Roots

Leaves

Ethanomedical Uses

Ethnopharmacology use

Breynia retusa (Dennst.) Alston Tree Leaves, root Cough; antiasthmatic General Kumar et al. 2016

- Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna

Flora of Gujarat State Vol 2 Author - G.L.Shah

Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II Author - Mudgal, Khanna,Hajra

FOREST FLORA OF MEGHALAYA VOL 2 Author - HARIDASAN K & RAO R R

The Flora of Orissa Vol III Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M

Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112

The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH

Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)

Citations

Breynia retusa. (2024, April 2). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breynia_retusa

Plant Synonyms

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

Herbs Medicinal Activity

Herbs Medical Indications

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