Biology:Phyllanthus maderaspatensis
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Phyllanthaceae |
| Genus: | Phyllanthus |
| Species: | P. maderaspatensis
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Phyllanthus maderaspatensis is a perennial herbaceous species of plant in the family Phyllanthaceae,[2] widespread in tropical and subtropical areas of the old world.[3]
Uses
India
The plant is widely used in Indian medicine for treatment of headaches.[4] Indian herbal medicine for liver troubles called Bhumyamlaki might use the plant.[5]
Africa
Tanzania
The pounded form of the whole plant is applied to scabies.[4]
Niger
The plant is used as an aphrodisiac.[4]
Kenya
The smoke from the burning plants is used to exterminate caterpillars in maize.[4]
References
- ↑ The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-154278, retrieved 25 December 2015
- ↑ The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-154278, retrieved 27 January 2016
- ↑ Hyde, M.A.; Wursten, B.T.; Ballings, P.; Coates Palgrave, M., Flora of Zimbabwe, http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=134240, retrieved 25 December 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, Ameenah; Schmelzer, Gabriella Harriet (2008). Medicinal Plants. PROTA. p. 425. ISBN 978-9057822049. https://books.google.com/books?id=7FJqgQ3_tnUC&dq=phyllanthus+maderaspatensis&pg=PA425.
- ↑ Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, Ameenah; Schmelzer, Gabriella Harriet (2008). Medicinal Plants. PROTA. p. 423. ISBN 978-9057822049. https://books.google.com/books?id=7FJqgQ3_tnUC&dq=phyllanthus+maderaspatensis&pg=PA425.
- Bingtao Li; Michael G. Gilbert (2008), "Phyllanthus maderaspatensis Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 982. 1753", Flora of China online, 11, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242337435
Wikidata ☰ Q11175706 entry
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