Phyllanthus emblica

• Botanical Name : Phyllanthus emblica L.
• Synonyms : Emblica officinalis Gaertn.
• Common Name : Indian Goose Berry, Amla
• Plant Family : Euphorbiaceae
• Plant Form : Tree
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 1, 2, 4-6, 10-12, 15-17, 19-21, 23, 24, 29, 30
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Gujarat Forestry Research Foundation, Ayurvedic Udyan, Van Chetana Kendra, Infocity, Basan, Aranya Van

About Phyllanthus emblica Plant :

• Habit : A small, deciduous tree.
• Leaves : Small, distichous, linear, obtuse, appear like pinnate leaves, stipule ovate, acute.
• Flowers :
  • Greenish-yellow, in axillary fascicles, on leaf-bearing branches, often on the naked portion below the leaves, with fimbriate bracts at base.
  • Male flowers many on short, slenderpedicels, sepals 6, oblong.
  • Stamens 3 on a short central column, disk 0. Female flowers few, subsessile, sepals 6, disk cup-like.
  • Ovary 3-celled, styles 3, bifid.
• Fruits : Fleshy, globose, with 6 obscure, vertical furrows, pale yellow, of three 2-seeded crustaceous cocci.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : February - May
• Significance :
  • The fruits have great medicinal properties and is one of the richest sources of Vitamin C.
  • It is also used together with Harde and Behda for making the famous Trifala churan.