Phyllanthus amarus Schum & Thonn. - carry me seed
Phyllanthus amarus Schum & Thonn. - carry me seed
Phyllanthus amarus Schum & Thonn. - carry me seed
MH383 : Phyllanthus amarus Schum & Thonn.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | - |
| Synonym | : | Diasperus nanus (Hook.f.) Kuntze.;
Phyllanthus amarus var. baronianus Leandri, nom. inval.;
Phyllanthus nanus Hook.f.;
Phyllanthus niruri var. amarus (Schumach. & Thonn.) Leandri.;
Phyllanthus niruri var. baronianus (Leandri) Leandri, nom. inval.;
Phyllanthus niruri var. scabrellus (Webb) Müll.Arg.;
Phyllanthus niruroides var. madagascariensis Leandri, nom. inval.;
Phyllanthus scabrellus Webb.;
Phyllanthus swartzii Kostel.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Carry Me Seed, Black catnip, Child pick-a-back, Gale of wind, Gulf leaf flower, Hurricane weed, Shatterstone, Stone breaker • Hindi: Bhui aonla, Jaramla, Jangli amli • Manipuri: Chakpa heikru • Marathi: bhuiavali • Tamil: keelanelli, kizkaynelli • Malayalam: Kilanelli • Telugu: nela usiri • Bengali: Bhui amla • Sanskrit: bahupatra, bhumyaamalaki • Kannada: Kiru Nelli |
| Plant Family | : | Euphorbiaceae |
| Description | : | Erect herbs to 30 cm tall. Leaves 6-8 x 3-4 mm, oblong, base unequal sided, apex obtuse to acute, lower surface glaucous; stipules lanceolate, scarious. Male flowers towards tip of branchlets, solitary, axillary; tepals 5, ovate; stamens 3, exserted; filaments connate; disc of 5 glands. Female flowers c. 1.5 mm across; tepals 5, oblong; ovary globose; style erect, recurved; pedicel to 2 mm long. Capsule c. 2 mm across, globose. Seeds 6, trigonous, vertically muriculate. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Chandore |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Used in the problems of stomach, genitourinary system, liver, kidney and spleen. It is bitter, astringent, stomachic, diuretic, febrifuge and anti-septic. The whole plant is used in gonorrhea, menorrhagia and other genital affections. It is useful in gastropathy, Diarrhea, dysentery, intermittent fevers, ophthalmopathy, scabies, ulcers and wounds. Pharmacological activities including anti-viral, anti-bacterial, antiplasmodial, anti-inflammatory, anti-malarial, anti-microbial, anti-cancer, anti-diabetic, hypolipidemic, anti-oxidant, Hepatoprotective nephroprotective and diurectic properties. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: phyllanthin; hypophyllanthin; nirurin; quercetin; quercetrin; rutin; diarylbutane ; hypophyllanthin; geraniin; corilagin; arabinogalactan; niranthrin; phyltetralin; antihyperuricimic; securinine;
dihydrosecurinine; tetrahydrosecurine; Securinol-B; Phyllanthine; allosecurine;
norsecurinine; 4-methoxy dihydrosecurinine, 4-methoxytetrahydrosecurinine;
4-hydrosecurinine; phyllanthenol; phyllanthenone; phytllantheol; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (2): Quercetin; Rutin; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Londhe, A.N., Watve, A.V. & Ansari, M.Y. 2002. “Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve”. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 26: 385 to 395
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/33238
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Carry%20Me%20Seed.html
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Phyllanthus+amarus
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874111007112
- https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/cfb5/ab172e44fd4e4c8a46027a7991e0ef70c400.pdf |
| Reference | : | ~ Holaly E. Gbekley, Gnatoulma Katawa, Simplice D. Karou, SKokou Anani, Tchacondo Tchadjobo, Yaovi Ameyapoh, Komlan Batawila, and Jacques Simpore; "Ethnobotanical Study Of Plants Used To Treat Asthma In The Maritime Region In Togo"; Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med. (2017); 14(1): 196-212 PMID : 28480398 ~ Chellaiah Muthu, Muniappan Ayyanar, Nagappan Raja and Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu; "Medicinal plants used by traditional healers in Kancheepuram District of Tamil Nadu, India"; Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2006); 2(43): 1-10 PMID : ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 PMID : ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Ethnomedicinal plants used in skin treatment by Korkus of Melghat Dist. Amravati (MS), India"; Life Sciences Leaflets (2011); 178-191 PMID : ~ Avni G. Desai, Ghulam N. Qazi, Ramesh K. Ganju, Mahmoud El-Tamer, Jaswant Singh, Ajit K. Saxena, Yashbir S. Bedi, Subhash C. Taneja, and Hari K. Bhat; "Medicinal Plants and Cancer Chemoprevention"; Curr Drug Metab. (2008); 9(7): 581–591 PMID : ~ Kavishankar, G.B; Lakshmidevi, N.; Murthy, S.M.; Prakash, H.S. and Niranjana, S.R.; "Diabetes and medicinal plants-A review"; Int J Pharm Biomed Sci (2011); 2(3): 65-80 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Rosidae |
| Order | : Euphorbiales |
| Family | : Euphorbiaceae - Spurge family |
| Genus | : Phyllanthus L. - leafflower |
| Species | : Phyllanthus amarus Schum & Thonn. - carry me seed |