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Phyllanthus acidus
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Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
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Citation: Phyllanthus acidus (L.) Skeels, U.S. Dept. Agric. Bur. Pl. Ind. Bull. 148: 17. 1909; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 263. 1982; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 369. 2007; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 645. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 756. 2009.
Averrhoa acida L., Sp. Pl. 428. 1753.
Phyllanthus distichus (L.) Muell.-Arg. in DC., Prodr. 14:413. 1866; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 304. 1887.
Cicca acida (L.) Merr., Interpr. Rumph. Herb. Amboin. 314. 1917.
Cicca disticha L., Mant. Pl. 1: 124. 1767; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1346(942). 1925.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Arinelli, Nakshatranelli, Nellipuli, Nellika-pouli, Pulinelli, Seemanelli
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Star Gooseberry, Grosella
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Description:
Small monoecious trees, to 5 m high. Leaves distichous, 5-8 x 2-4 cm, elliptic to obovate, base rounded, apex gradually acute; petiole to 0.4 cm; stipules toothed. Flowers on leafless branchlets; pedicel to 5 mm.male numerous, to 4 mm across. Tepals 4, unequal, 2+2, ovate, 2mm, 1- nerved, acute. Stamens 4, exserted; filaments recurved, 0.6 mm; anthers oblong, 0.5 mm, dehiscence vertical. Disc glands 4. female: a few, or solitary. Ovary subglobose, 3(4) - lobed; styles 3 or 4, reflexed, forked into subulate arms. Drupe roughly 6-8-angular, depressed - globose, fleshy, ca. 1.5 cm across; endocarp hard.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-August
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
Probably native of Brazil
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Red, Brown
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
Yes
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Vegetable:
Yes
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Purakkad
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