Two clusters of yellow Phyllanthus acidus fruit on the tree under blue sky
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Phyllanthus acidus

Colombia has twenty-seven native species of the genus Phyllanthus, but this is not one of them. Cultivated below 3,500 feet. This sour fruit is rarely marketed and is called grosella in Colombia. Photographed in the Valley of Cauca.

Yellow Phyllanthus acidus fruit in the palm of a hand
Two clusters of yellow Phyllanthus acidus fruit perpendicular to a tree branch
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