Sauropus androgynus (L.) Merr.

• Common Name: Sweet Leaf, Star Gooseberry, Katuk
• Family: Phyllanthaceae

• Country of Origin:
• Habitat:

• Description: A shrub with long upright or falling over principal trunks reaching up to 3.5 m in height, but is kept much lower in cultivation. It has side branches appearing to be pinnately divided branches, but with rose to carmine radiate flowers on the underside, a white or pinkish fruit opening at ripening to release three black seed. ¹

• Uses: Tender young shoots and stripped leaves, often together with the flowers and fruits, are consumed as vegetables raw as well as cooked and mixed with other foods. Leaves are used for dying food and they can also be used as feed for cattle and poultry. The small, white fruits are sometimes comfited into a sweetmeal. Leaves and roots have medicinal properties. It can be planted as a living fence.¹

• Culture: warm, humid environment

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Accession Data:

• Accession # 201200024
• Source: Kartuz Greenhouses
• Accession Date: 03-29-2012
• Bench: 3110 - PROD-W: Floor/Tanks NW
• Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-27-2013

Classification:

• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Magnoliopsida
• SubClass: eurosid I
• Order: Malpighiales
• SubOrder:
• Family: Phyllanthaceae
• SubFamily: Phyllanthoideae
• Tribe: Phyllantheae
• SubTribe:

References:

1. FAO EcoCrop website - visited 29MAR2012
2. Plantlist.org - visited 25MAR2013
3. Germplasm Resources Information Network - GRIN - visited 25MAR2013

data regenerated on Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:58:31 -0400