Phyllanthus niruri: cane peas senna, common leaf-flower, creole senna, egg woman, eruption plant, gale-of-wind, gale-wind grass, hurricane weed, necklace leaf-flower, seed-under-leaf, stone breaker

Common Names:

in English: cane peas senna, common leaf-flower, creole senna, egg woman, eruption plant, gale-of-wind, gale-wind grass, hurricane weed, necklace leaf-flower, seed-under-leaf, stone breaker

in South America: chanca piedra, chancapiedra, dormilona, erva-pombinha, malva-pedra, niruri, piedra con piedra, quebra- pedra, sacha foster

in India: adhyanda, ajada, ajata, ajjhada, ajuta, amala, amlika, amrita, aphala, arjata, bahupatra, bahupatri, bahuphala, bahupushpi, bhonyaabali, bhudatra, bhudhatri, bhui-amla, bhuiavala, bhuiavali, bhuin-anvalah, bhuinanvalah, bhumyavil, bhuniamla, bhumyaamlaki, bhumyamalaki, bhuparva, bhuta-dhatri, boovishirum, charati, chorata, civappunelli, dalaparshini, dridhapadi, hilolika, ishaghni, jada, jar-amla, jaramla, jharika, jhatamala, karunelli, keelan elli, keelkai nelli, keezh kai nelli, keezhaarnelli, keezhaarnelli pacha, khizhe nelli, khizkkay nelli, kikkaynelli, kil-kkay-nelli, kilanelli, kilanelly, kilkai nelli, kilkkay nelli, kilkkaynelli, kilvaynelli, kiranelligida, kirganelli, kirinelligide, kirunelli, kisha nelli, kizh kay-nelli, kizha-nelli, kizha nelli, kizhkay nelli, kizhkainelli, kizhakkayinelli, kizhanelli, kizhkayinelli, kshetramali, mahidhatrika, mala, neer-poola, nela usirika, nelausirika, nelavusari, nilolika, niruri, putrashronika, sadahazurmani, shiva, sukshmadala, sukshmaphala, tali, tamalaki, uchchata, vishvaparni, vitunnaka, vituntika, vrishya

in Indonesia: udu beta

in Malaysia: amin buah, dukong anak, rami buah 

in Papua New Guinea: ndron pei, ningi

in Philippines: kurukalunggai, malakirum-kirum, sampasampalukan, talikod

in Tibet: ta-ma-la

According to Flora of North America:

Herbs, annual, monoecious, 1–5 dm; branching phyllanthoid. Stems: main stems terete, not winged, glabrous; ultimate branchlets subterete, not winged, glabrous. Leaves on main stems spiral, scalelike; stipules not auriculate, brown. Leaves on ultimate branchlets distichous, well developed; stipules not auriculate, brown; blade elliptic, 11–20 × 4.5–9 mm, base obtuse to rounded, apex obtuse, both surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences cymules or flowers solitary, unisexual, proximal with 3–7 staminate flowers, distal with 1 pistillate flower. Pedicels: staminate 1.2–1.8 mm, pistillate spreading in fruit, 4–7 mm. Staminate flowers: sepals 5(–6), pale green, flat, 1.5–3 mm; nectary extrastaminal, 5(–6) glands; stamens 3, filaments connate 1/2 length. Pistillate flowers: sepals 5, green, flat, 3–3.5 mm, pinnately veined; nectary annular, unlobed. Capsules 3.5 mm diam., smooth. Seeds uniformly brown, 1.5–1.8 mm, verrucose

Chemical Consititutes:

(-)-beta-Sitosterol, 4-Methoxynorsecurinine, Astragalin, beta-Glucogallin, Eriodictin, Fisetin 4'-glucoside, Gallic acid, Hinokinin, Hirsutrin, Hypophyllanthin, Kaempferol 4'-rhamnoside, Lintetralin, Niranthin, Nirtetralin, Nirurin, Phyllanthin, Quercetin, Quercetin 3-O-L-rhamnoside, Rutin.

Pharmacological Activities and Uses:

Whole plant infusion drunk to increase the appetite, to treat dysentery and diabetes, coughs, kidney troubles, gonorrhea. Leaves and stem infusion drunk to reduce fever, for colds, flu, stomachache, typhoid fever, dengue fever. Sap diuretic, laxative, used to treat kidney complaints, dropsy, sores, boils, urinary diseases, malaria, jaundice, dysentery. Paste, made from ground flowers mixed with water, used to soothe spider and caterpillar bites. Roots paste given for abortion. Plant extract piscicide.

Recent studies has shown that Phyllanthus niruri exhibit the following activities: Abortifacient, Amebicide, Analgesic, Anthelminthic, Antialcoholic, Antibabesial, Antibacterial, Anticancer, Antifertily,  Antigenotoxic, Antihepatomic, Antihepatotoxic, Antihyperuricemic, Antiinflammatory, Antileukemic, Antimutagenic, Antioxidant, Antiplasmodial, Antipyretic, Antiseptic, Antispasmodic, Antiulcerogenic, Antiviral, Aperitif, Aperitive, Astringent, Bactericide, Carminative, Chemopreventive, Cholagogue, Contraceptive, Deobstruent, Depurative, Diaphoretic, Digestive, Diuretic, DNA Polymerase inhibitor, Emetic, Emmenagogue, Febrifuge, Fungicide, Gastroprotective, Hepatoprotective, HIV reverse transcriptase inhibitor(HIVRT), Hypocholesterolemic, Hypoglycemic, Hypotensive, Hypotriglyceridemic, Immunostimulant, Lacatagogue, Lactagogue, Laxative, Litholytic, Myorelaxant, Natriuretic, Piscicide, Protein kinase inhibitor, Protisticide, Radioprotective, Refrigerant, Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor, Sedative, Snakebite, Stomachic, Tonic, Uricosuric, Uterorelaxant, Vasorelaxant, Vermicide and Vulnerary.