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Phyllanthus androgynus
Also called Katuk, Sweet Leaf
Star gooseberry (katuk) is a fast-growing tropical shrub from South and Southeast Asia, grown mainly for its tender, nutritious leaves. It thrives in warm, humid conditions with regular moisture and frequent harvesting of young shoots.
Phyllanthus androgynus, the star gooseberry or sweet leaf, is a species of plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is native to tropical and subtropical Asia and grown in some areas as a leaf vegetable.
It is native to India, Bangladesh, southern China (including Hainan) and Southeast Asia. It inhabits tropical and subtropical humid lowland forests, where it grows on brushy slopes and sunny forest margins from 100 to 400 m elevation.
This plant is a good source of provitamin A carotenoids, and vitamin C and vitamin B.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Phyllanthus androgynus 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.
