(Phyllanthaceae) Phyllanthus kampotensis Beille

Local name(s): 

Medicinal use(s): to treat herpes.

Part(s) used: root.

Field Characters: Shrub up to 2-3 m high. Leaves simple, opposite, stipulate. Flowers small, in axillary cymes, green to yellow. Fruits dry, capsular.

Locality: Bolikhamxay Province, Bolikhamxay District, Piang Village

Habitat: 

Altitude:  m asl. 

Collector(s): S. Bouamanivong, S. Saynhasing

Collection number(s): LAOS_737

Collection Date: May 31, 2005

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA, under accession no. 2282971.

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description: 


Plants of the World onlinePham Hoang Ho - Cayco Vietnam vol. 1, p. 199, plant # 199

Medicinal properties:


Husnunnisa H, Hartati R, Mauludin R, et al. A review of the Phyllanthus genus plants: Their phytochemistry, traditional uses, and potential inhibition of xanthine oxidase. Pharmacia 2022, 69(3): 681-687. https://pharmacia.pensoft.net/article/87013/


Mao X, Wu LF, Guo HL, et al. The Genus Phyllanthus: An Ethnopharmacological, Phytochemical, and Pharmacological Review. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 2016, 2016:7584952. doi: 10.1155/2016/7584952 
Selina Wamuchi - Phyllantus kampotensis