Leaves simple, elliptic, thinly glossy green (7-17 cm L. and 2-8 cm W.). Petiole often reddish (not observed on this picture). Hypocotyl pencil-like, slender, green to 15 cm L. and 0,4 to 0,8 cm W. slightly grooved. Singapore.
Bukit Tagar, Selangor, Malaysia.Close-up of fruits. Sauropus androgynus (L.) Merr. Phyllanthaceae, also placed in Euphorbiaceae. CN: [Malay - Taruk manis, Asin-asin, Cekur manis], Star-gooseberry. Native to China, India, Sri Lanka, Indo-China, Malesia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines). Cultivated as vegetables. In folk medicines, paste prepared from pounded leaves and applied to nipples and areolas of lactating mothers to increase milk.Ref and suggested reading:www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?33189en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauropus_androgynus
Khler's Medizinal-Pflanzen in naturgetreuen Abbildungen mit kurz erluterndem Texte :.Gera-Untermhaus :Fr. Eugen Khler,[1883-1914].biodiversitylibrary.org/page/303298