Phyllanthaceae
Tahitian gooseberry tree
Phyllanthus acidus
- Family
- Phyllanthaceae
- Genus
- Phyllanthus
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Common names
By language (35)
- Arabic
- أملج حمضي, رشدية حمضية
- arz
- املج حمضى
- Assamese
- পৰা আমলখি
- ban
- Cermen
- Bangla
- অরবরই, অরবড়ই, অরবরি, নলতা, নোয়াড়, ফরফরি
- bik
- Layuan
- bjn
- Bangkiling
- Bulgarian
- Кисел филантус
- Burmese
- သင်္ဘောဆီးဖြူပင်
- Chinese
- 西印度醋栗, 越南葉下珠
- Divehi
- ގޯނބިލި
- Dutch
- Grosella, Mayom, Tjerme, Tjermé
- English
- Tahitian gooseberry tree, Country gooseberry, Gooseberry tree, Malay gooseberry, Otaheite gooseberry, Star gooseberry, Starberry, Tahitian gooseberry
- Filipino
- Karmay, Bangkiling, Otaheite gooseberry
- Finnish
- Karvaslaipikka
- French
- Girembellier, Grimbellier
- German
- Stachelbeerbaum, Baumstachelbeere, Grosella
- Indonesian
- Cermai, Ceremai, Cereme
- Japanese
- アメダマノキ
- Javanese
- Cerme
- Khmer
- កន្ទួត
- mad
- Ceremmè
- Malay
- Pokok Cermai, Cermai
- Malayalam
- പുളിനെല്ലി, Otaheite gooseberry, അരിനെല്ലി, അരിനെല്ലിക്ക, നക്ഷത്രനെല്ലിക്ക, നെല്ലിപ്പുളി, പുളിനെല്ലിക്ക, ശീമനെല്ലിക്ക
- Marathi
- रायआवळा, रायआंवळा
- Nepali
- काँसी अमला
- Persian
- انگور تاهیتی
- Polish
- Liściokwiat kwaśny
- Russian
- Антильский крыжовник
- Sundanese
- Ceremé, Careme
- Tamil
- அருநெல்லி
- Telugu
- రాచ ఉసిరి
- Thai
- มะยม
- Vietnamese
- Chùm ruột, Tầm ruột
- Wolof
- Sëriis
Synonyms
- Averrhoa acida L.
- Averrhoa acida L.
- Cicca acida (L.) Merr.
- Cicca acidissima Blanco
- Cicca disticha L.
- Cicca nodiflora Lam.
- Cicca racemosa Lour.
- Diasperus acidissimus (Blanco) Kuntze
- Phyllanthus acidissimus (Blanco) Müll.Arg.
- Phyllanthus cicca Müll.Arg.
- Phyllanthus cicca var. bracteosa Müll.Arg.
- Phyllanthus cochinchinensis (Lour.) Müll.Arg.
- Phyllanthus distichus (L.) Müll.Arg.
- Phyllanthus distichus f. nodiflorus (Lam.) Müll.Arg.
- Phyllanthus longifolius Jacq.
- Tricarium cochinchinense Lour.
Flowers
- In flower
- April (from 5 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: native, Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: Dr. Nasser Halaweh, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Crops for the Future, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thamizhpparithi Maari, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: portioid, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ayuwadala, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ayuwadala, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cheongweei Gan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ayuwadala, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Subhadra Devi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.