Phyllanthus acidus, known as the Otaheite gooseberry, Malay gooseberry, Tahitian gooseberry, country gooseberry, star gooseberry, starberry, West India gooseberry, grosella (in Puerto Rico), jimbilin (in Jamaica), damsel (in St Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada), karamay (in the Northern Philippines),layuan (in the Bicol region of the Philippines), (Rata nelli in Sri lanka) bangkiling (in the Southern Philippines), cermai (in Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia and Malaysia), Goanbili (in Maldives), Sapra (in Belize) or simply gooseberry tree, is one of the trees with edible small yellow berries fruit in the Phyllanthaceae family. Despite its name, the plant does not resemble the gooseberry, except for the acidity of its fruits. It is mostly cultivated for ornamentation.