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Phyllanthus acuminatus
Phyllanthus acuminatus is a shrub or small tree from the Caribbean and tropical Americas, grown for its edible berries and folk medicine. It needs warm, frost-free conditions and well-drained soil.
Phyllanthus acuminatus, also called the Jamaican gooseberry tree, is species of flowering plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is a shrub or tree in the Caribbean, Central America and South America.
It is used as a medicine, as a poison, and for food. This plant is used by the Choco as a piscicide.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Phyllanthus acuminatus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
