This plant is a tribe Euphoorbiaceae. This tree originated in India, can grow on soil and mild to severe land shortage will stand until the excess water. Malay gooseberry many people planted in the yard, in the fields and in other places up to an altitude of 1,000 m above sea level.
This plant is a small tree, height up to 10 m sometimes more, branching many, and thick bark. Leaves single, short-stemmed, arranged in sequence like a leaf stalk forming compound. Leaf blade circular to oblong eggs, pointed tip, base obtuse to rounded, flat edge, fin bone resembles a leaf, slippery surface is hairless, the length of 2 cm to 7 cm, width 1.5 cm to 4 cm. Light green color. When the stalks fall will leave a mark on the real branch. Inflorescence in the form of bunches of length of 1.5 cm to 12 cm, out along the branch, star-shaped petals, a pink crown. There are female and male flowers on one stem. The fruit of stone fruit, flattened spherical shape, curved 6 cm to 8 cm, length 1.25 cm to 1.5 cm, width of 1.75 cm to 2.5 cm, the color yellow, seeded 4 to 6, acid taste. Seeds light brown flat round.
The young leaves can be eaten as a vegetable. Young fruit foam tasty cooked with vegetables for cooking because it gives a sour taste. Ripe fruit can be eaten immediately after being mixed with salt water to reduce the brown and sour taste, made sweets or eaten after jam. Propagation by seed or grafting.
Malay gooseberry leaves typical aromatic smell, no feel, and nutritious as the bullet from the sputum and laxatives (purgatif). Root bark as a laxative and nutritious fruit. Leaves, bark and wood of this plant contain saponins, flavonoid, tannin, and polyphenol. The roots contain saponin, galus acids, tanning substances, and toxic. While fruit contains vitamin C.
Parts used are leaves, bark, and seeds. Malay gooseberry leaf efficacious for treating cough up phlegm, thin body, nausea, cancer and canker sores. While efficacious skin overcome asthma and skin disease. Seeds efficacious for treating constipation and nausea due to stomach dirty.
