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