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9. Phyllanthus acidus (L.) Skeels in US Dept. Agric. Bar. Pl. Ind. Bull. 148: 17. 1909. Webster in J. Mn. Arb. 38(1): 66. 1957; Stewart, Ann. Cat. Vasc. Pl. W. Pak. & Kashm. 455. 1972.
A. RADCLIFFE-SMITH
Averrhoa acida L.Cicca acida (L.) Marr.Cicca acidissima BlancoCicca disticha L.Phyllanthus acidissimus (Blanco) Muell. Arg.Phyllanthus cicca Muell. Arg.Phyllanthus distichus (L.) Wien. Arg.
Similar to Phyllanthus reticulates, but with much longer leafy intermediate shoots (up to 60 cm long), larger leaves (up to 9 x 4.5 cm), sepals and disc-glands usually 4 in both sexes, stamens 4, free, staminodes usually present in the ♀ flowers, ovary 3-4-celled, only 1 or 2 of which usually develop in fruit, fruit 1-1.5 x 1.5-2 cm., greenish-yellow to whitish.
Holotype: ‘India’, specimen no. 592/3 in Hb. Linn. (LINN).
Distribution: Country of origin unknown; Webster says ‘probably native to S. America’. The ‘Otaheite Gooseberry’ or ‘Indian Gooseberry’, widely cultivated for its edible fruits. Near sea-level.
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