EPPO Global Database

Phyllanthus amarus(PYLAM)

Overview
Code created in: 2000-06-08

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: PYLAM
  • Preferred name: Phyllanthus amarus
  • Authority: Schumacher & Thonning

Notes

Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (except southern cone). Introduced in Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina (except Vietnam), Malesia (except Sumatra), China (including Taiwan), Malesia, West Africa to Ethiopia, Gabon to Angola, Kenya to Mozambique, Madagascar, USA (southeast), Australia (Western, Queensland, New South Wales), New Guinea


Common names
Name Language
black catnip English
carry-me-seed English
Jamaica weed English
pick a back English
seed on the leaf English
stonebreaker English
hierba de la niña Spanish (CU)
quinino Spanish (DO)
bhuiaonla Hindi
hajarmani Hindi
dukung anak Indonesian
bahupatra Sanskrit
bhumyaamalaki Sanskrit