Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2597)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2494)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2109)
Order: Malpighiales (98)
Family: Euphorbiaceae (77)(family description)
Genus: Phyllanthus (5)
Epithet: niruri L. (1)
Synonym: Phyllanthus amarus Schumacher
amarus => bitter
niruri => name derives from the Indigenous American vernacular name