Family: Phyllanthaceae
Bengali: bhui-amla, হাজারমণি hazarmani
English : Black catnip, Carry me seed, Child pick-a-back, Gale of wind, Gulf leaf flower, Hurricane weed, Shatterstone, Stone breaker.
French : Poudre de plomb (Ivory Coast).
German : Weisse Blatt-blume.
Hindi: भुईंआंवला bhuinanvalah, हजारमणी hajarmani, कनोछा kanochaKannada: ಕಿರುನೆಲ್ಲಿ kirunelli, ನೇಲನೆಲ್ಲಿ nelanelli
Malayalam: കീഴാര്നെല്ലി kiizhaarnelli
Manipuri: চকপা হৈক্রূ chakpa-heikru
Marathi: भुईआवळी bhuiavali
Mizo: mithi-sunhlu
Sanskrit: भूम्यामलकी bhumyamalaki, तमालकी tamalaki
Spanish : Yerba mágica (Cuba).
Tamil: கீழாநெல்லி kila-nelli
Telugu: నేల ఉసిరి nela usiri
African Names : Ahlivi (Mina - Togo), Bomagua kéné (Ivory Coast), Bounou (Ivory Coast), Bounou honlin (Ivory Coast), Hinlinwe (West Africa), Mokichinento (Korokoro - East Africa), Tsekulemegbe (Ouatchi - Togo).
Ayurvedic uses: Plant—diuretic, deobstruent, astringent, anti-inflammatory, styptic. Used as a single drug in the treatment of jaundice. Used in prescriptions for dyspepsia, indigestion, chronic dysentery, urinary tract diseases, diabetes, skin eruptions
Whole plant: Decoction with honey as a cough medicine. Infusion for dysentery and as a blood purifier (bitter tonic) to reduce blood-sugar level. Stem and Leaf: Aerial parts in a bitter infusion for a febrifuge, diuretic, stomachic and cholagogue; quinine substitute. Used by mothers after childbirth for painful womb; colic. Part unspecified: In Saramaccan curative herbal bath. [Medicinal Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana)]
Siddha uses: Azhal noykat, Saptadhatu suram, Kamalai, Kan Noygal, kuruthik kazhichal, Madhumegam, Vayiru Mandam, Veppu noy
Main identification key is: 6 Tepals (see image) 5 Tepals species is P. amarus
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