Description - from Wikipedia

Flueggea virosa, the common bushweed, simpleleaf bushweed (a name it shares with Flueggea acidoton), white-berry bush, snowberry tree (a name it shares with Symphoricarpos albus), or Chinese waterberry, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is native to the Old World tropics and subtropics; Africa, Madagascar and other Indian Ocean islands, the Arabian Peninsula, the Indian Subcontinent, southern China, Southeast Asia, Malesia, New Guinea, and Australia. It has also been introduced to Florida and Puerto Rico. Dispersed by birds, it has been assessed as Least Concern.
A deciduous shrub or tree reaching 6 m (20 ft), it is found in the seasonally dry tropics and subtropics (and is absent from true deserts and rainforests) at elevations from 100 to 2,300 m (300 to 7,500 ft). Its white berries are edible.

Subtaxa
The following subspecies are accepted:

Flueggea virosa subsp. himalaica D.G.Long – Nepal, eastern Himalayas, Assam, Myanmar
Flueggea virosa subsp. melanthesoides (F.Muell.) G.L.Webster – New Guinea, Australia
Flueggea virosa subsp. virosa – entire range, except Nepal, eastern Himalayas, New Guinea, Australia


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