Accession Data:
Sauropus androgynus (L.) Merr.
- Common Name: Sweet Leaf, Star Gooseberry, Katuk
- Family: Phyllanthaceae
- Country of Origin: Trop. & Subtrop. Asia
- 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 cooked vegetables or as raw greens. Consuming large quantities of raw plant material can cause serious lung damage. 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, never dry, prefers shade
- USDA Zone: 9-11?
Accession Data:
- Accession # 201200024
- Source: Kartuz Greenhouses
- Accession Date: 03-29-2012
- Bench: 1208 - AUS:East Bench SC
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 02-26-2025
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: eurosid I
- Order: Malpighiales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Phyllanthaceae
- SubFamily: Phyllanthoideae
- Tribe: Phyllantheae
- SubTribe: Flueggeinae
Flowering Data:
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References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: China South-Central / Hainan / China Southeast / Assam / Bangladesh / East Himalaya / India / Sri Lanka / Cambodia / Laos / Myanmar / Thailand / Vietnam / Borneo / Cocos (Keeling) Is. / Jawa / Lesser Sunda Is. / Malaya / Maluku / Philippines / Sulawesi / Sumatera / Christmas I. / New Guinea
References (external):
- FAO EcoCrop website - visited 29MAR2012
- The Plant List (2010). Version 1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 14 November 2013).
- Germplasm Resources Information Network - GRIN - visited 25MAR2013
- WCSP (Current Year). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- Sauropus androgynus at Wikispecies. Accessed November 14, 2013
data regenerated on Wed, 26 Feb 2025 12:09:22 -0500 [bcm v4.0]
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Click on thumbnails to enlargeCurrent Accessions in the Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily Antidesmatoideae
Subfamily Phyllanthoideae
Tribe Phyllantheae
- Flueggeinae: Breynia disticha
- Flueggeinae: Phyllanthus angustifolius
- Flueggeinae: Phyllanthus epiphyllanthus W/C
- Flueggeinae: Sauropus androgynus
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