About Star Gooseberry
Phyllanthus acidus, commonly known as star gooseberry, Otaheite gooseberry, or Malay gooseberry, is a tree in the family Phyllanthaceae that bears small edible berries.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Phyllanthus acidus
- Genus
- Phyllanthus
- Family
- EUPHORBIACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Native to
- Brazil
- Distribution
- Tropics
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- हरफ़रौरी Harfarauri
- Nepali
- काँसी अमला
- Bengali
- অরবরই, অরবড়ই, অরবরি
- Tamil
- Aranelli, அருநெல்லி
- Telugu
- రాచ ఉసిరి
- Malayalam
- പുളിനെല്ലി, Otaheite gooseberry, അരിനെല്ലിക്ക
- Marathi
- हरफ़रौरी Harpharori, रायआवळा, रायआंवळा
Botanical family
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Star Gooseberry belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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