Phyllanthus acidus (leaf) showed antiplasmodial activity against Plasmodium falciparum.

Phyllanthus acidus, known as the Otaheite gooseberry, Malay gooseberry, Tahitian gooseberry, country gooseberry, star gooseberry, West India gooseberry, damsel, grosella (in Puerto Rico), or simply gooseberry tree, is one of the trees with edible small yellow berries fruit in the Phyllanthaceae family.

The leaves are quite similar to those of the Otaheite gooseberry.

In general, the Otaheite gooseberry tree very much looks like the bilimbi tree.

The Otaheite gooseberry prefers moist soil.

The name Cereme or Ciremai is derived from Sundanese word for Otaheite gooseberry.

Otaheite gooseberry (chùm ruột)

It is also found in wine, in vanilla, in Macrotyloma uniflorum (horse gram) and in Phyllanthus acidus (Otaheite gooseberry).