Phyllanthus acidus (L.) Skeels
Campus Location
Rajagiri Business School, Valley Campus, Kakkanad
Systematic position
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Streptophyta
Class: Equisetopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Star Gooseberry is a small tree growing to 9 m tall, distributed in the tropical or subtropical regions of Asia, also in the Caribbean region, Central and South America. The leaves are alternate, ovate or lanceolate; flowers are small pinkish panicles. The fruits are densely clustered, waxy, juicy and sour with pale yellow colour when ripen.
- The fruit berries edible and eaten raw.
- They are used candied in sugar or pickled in salt, used in chutney, and also used to prepare juices, syrup, vinegar, pickles etc.
Phyllanthus acidus (L.) Skeels
Campus Location
Rajagiri Business School, Valley Campus, Kakkanad
Systematic position
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Streptophyta
Class: Equisetopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Star Gooseberry is a small tree growing to 9 m tall, distributed in the tropical or subtropical regions of Asia, also in the Caribbean region, Central and South America. The leaves are alternate, ovate or lanceolate; flowers are small pinkish panicles. The fruits are densely clustered, waxy, juicy and sour with pale yellow colour when ripen.
- The fruit berries edible and eaten raw.
- They are used candied in sugar or pickled in salt, used in chutney, and also used to prepare juices, syrup, vinegar, pickles etc.