Stonebreaker

Chanca piedra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Phyllanthaceae
Genus:	Phyllanthus
Species:	P. niruri
Binomial name
Phyllanthus niruri L.
Synonyms
Diasperus chlorophaeus (Baill.) Kuntze Diasperus lathyroides (Kunth) Kuntze Diasperus microphyllus (Mart.) Kuntze Diasperus niruri (L.) Kuntze Diasperus rosellus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze Niruris annua Raf. Niruris indica Raf. Nymphanthus niruri (L.) Lour. Phyllanthus carolinianus Blanco Phyllanthus chlorophaeus Baill. Phyllanthus ellipticus Buckley nom. illeg. Phyllanthus erectus (Medik.) M.R.Almeida Phyllanthus filiformis Pav. ex Baill. Phyllanthus humilis Salisb. Phyllanthus kirganelia Blanco Phyllanthus lathyroides Kunth Phyllanthus microphyllus Mart. nom. illeg. Phyllanthus mimosoides Lodd. nom. illeg. Phyllanthus moeroris Oken Phyllanthus parvifolius Steud. Phyllanthus purpurascens Kunth Phyllanthus rosellus (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg. Phyllanthus williamsii Standl. Urinaria erecta Medik.

Phyllanthus niruri is a widespread tropical plant commonly found in coastal areas, known by the common names gale of the wind, stonebreaker or seed-under-leaf. It is in the genus Phyllanthus of the family Phyllanthaceae.