Phyllanthaceae » Phyllanthus acidus

fil-LAN-thus -- meaning, flower leaf; it appears to flower from a leaf like stem ass-ID-us -- meaning, very sour DIS-tik-us -- meaning, two-ranked

commonly known as: Indian gooseberry, Malay gooseberry, otaheite gooseberry, star gooseberry, Tahitian gooseberry, west India gooseberry, wild plum • Bengali: হরি ফল hari-phal • Hindi: चिल्लीमिल्ली chillimilli, छोटा आंवला chota aonla, हरफरौरी harpharauri, हरफारेवड़ी harpharewri • Kannada: ಕಿರುನೆಲ್ಲಿ kirunelli, ರಾಯರನೆಲ್ಲಿ raayaranelli • Malayalam: ചതുരനെല്ലിക്ക caturanellikka • Marathi: हरपररेवडी harapararevadi, रायआंवळा rayamvala • Sanskrit: हरिपवेरी haripaveri, पाण्डु pandu, स्कन्धफल skandhaphala • Tamil: அருநெல்லி arunelli, சடாதரம் catataram, புத்தாத்திரி puttattiri, தனுத்துவசை tanuttuvacai, தவிட்டுப்பழம் tavittu-p-palam, வெகுபத்திரி veku-pattiri • Telugu: రాచయుసిరిక ratsa-yusirika, ఉసిరి usiri • Urdu: هرپهروري harpharauri

Native to: south-east Asia

... alternate leaves, ovate and pointed ... ornamental.

... fruits, borne in loose clusters, and in abundance ... hang from the tree trunk and main branches ... generally too tart for fresh eating.