Star Gooseberry

Latin Name: Sauropus androgynus

Culinary use

You can make yummy preserves, relishes and chutneys with star gooseberries. The raw fruit can be used as a souring agent or used to make unique vinegars. Star gooseberries can be juiced, mixed with some sweetener and consumed as refreshing beverages.

Medicinal use

As a traditional medicine it is used in the treatment of psoriasis, sciatica, rheumatism, constipation, renal calculus, diabetes, asthma, gonorrhoea, amnesia, piles etc.