Botanical name : Phyllanthus amarus Schum. & Thonn

Family : Euphorbiaceae

SANSKRIT SYNONYMS

Tamalaki, Bhoomyamalaki, Bhoodhatri, Bahupatra.

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

Rasa : Kashaya, Tikta, Madhura

Guna : Lakhu, Rooksha,

Virya : Seeta

PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

English :

Hindi : Jangli amli, Jaramla

Malayalam : Keezharnelli, Kirutanelli

PLANT DESCRIPTION

An annual herb with slender leaf-bearing branches. Leaves numerous, subsessile, elliptic; flowers yellowish green, axillary, males in groups of 1-3, females solitary; fruits small, globose, seen underneath the branches and having 3 seeds.

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES

Plant pacifies vitiated pitta and kapha, anorexia, jaundice, intermittent fevers, urinary retention, constipation, ulcers and wounds

Useful part : whole plant