Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Phyllanthus acidus
Scientific Name and Description
Phyllanthus acidus (L.) Skeels
Herb Family
Plant type
Tree
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Cicca acida MERRILL
Cicca disticha L..
Phyllanthus distichus (L.) MUELL.-ARG.
Cicca acida Merr.
Cicca acida Merr.
Cicca disticha L..
Phyllanthus distichus (L.) MUELL.-ARG.
Cicca acida Merr.
Cicca acida Merr.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | otaheite gooseberry |
| Hindi | chaimeri, chalmeri, harfarauri, nari, narphal |
| Kannada | aranelli, are nelli, arenelli, karinelli, kirinelli, kirnelli, kirunelli, nakshatra nelli, raayanelli, rayaranelli |
| Malayalam | avil, haraphroti, harpurrewdi, ray-avil, rojamvali |
| Sanskrit | ghana, komalavalkala, lavali, lavaliphala, lavani, pandu, rayamalaka, skandhaphala, srigdha, sugandhamoola, sugandhamula |
| Tamil | amalakam , amalam , aranelli, ari , arinelli, arinellimaram, aru nelli, aru-nelli, arunelli, catakam, catatakamaram, catataram, catataran, chandagam, cirunelli , kila-nelli, kirakaniyam, kirakaniyamaram, pauttiranelli, pauttiranellimaram, puttari, puttattiri#, puttattiri, sadadaram, sadagam, tanuttuvacacceti, tanuttuvacai#, tanuttuvacai, tanuttuvacam#, tanuttuvacam, tavittuppalam, vekupattiri , vekupattirimaram |
| Telugu | raacha usirika, raachayusirika, racavusarike, racavusiri, racayusirika, raccavusirikaya, racha usiri, rachauserike, rachausirika, rachayusirika, rassauseriki, ratasavusiriki, ratsausirike, ratsausiriki, ratsausirki, ratsavusirikai, ratsavusiroki, russausareki, russauserekee, usiri chettu |
| Common names | Otaheite gooseberry, Malay gooseberry, Tahitian gooseberry, country gooseberry, star gooseberry, starberry, arbari, West India gooseberry, Grosella, gooseberry tree, |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Fruits
Ethnopharmacology use
Phyllanthus acidus (L.) Skeels Tree Fruit Remove dandruff; cure night blindness; antivomiting; diabetes General Kumar and Chaturvedi 2010
References
Literature
Literature
Kumar and Chaturvedi 2010
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II Author - Mudgal, Khanna,Hajra
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1 Author - D.B. DEB
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
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Phyllanthus acidus. (2024, May 26). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllanthus_acidus