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Family: Phyllanthaceae	Genus: Phyllanthus	Species: Phyllanthus emblica Linn.

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Emblica officinalis Gaertn., Emblica arborea Raf., Phyllanthus Mimosifolius Salisb.	Flower Color	Greenish
Common Name	Amla, Aonla	Flower Type	Solitary
English / Trade Name	Gooseberry, Indian Gooseberry, Emblic Myrobalan	Flowering Period	April-June
Vernacular /Local Name	Heikru, Amla	Fruiting Period	Oct-Dec
Altitude	Up To 1600 M	Fruit Type	Capsule
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Fruit a capsule 1.5-2.5 cm across, sub-globose, dehiscing into 6 cocci, disc enlarged to give an appearance of fleshy yellowish-green, indehiscent berry
Habitat	Found in deciduous forests and also cultivated	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Bangladesh, China, India, Malysia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and throughout the tropics	Bark Details	Fairly smooth bark is a pale grayish-brown and peels of in thin flakes like that of the guava.
Distribution in chandigarh	Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Oblong
Description of Species	It is a small to medium sized deciduous tree, reaching 8 to 18 m in height, which is known for its edible fruit of the same name. The tree has crooked trunk and spreading branches. The leaves are simple, nearly stalkless and closely set along slender branchlets. The leaves are often mistaken for leaflets of pinnate leaves. The genus name Phyllanthus is derived from Greek words meaning leaf-flower, an allusion to the apparent bearing of flowers on the leaves. Amla flowers are small, greenish-yellow or pinkish. The flowers have six segments, but no real petals. Male and female flowers are carried separately on the same branch. The fruit is nearly spherical, light greenish yellow, quite smooth and hard on appearance, with 6 vertical stripes or furrows. Ripening in autumn, the berries are harvested by hand after climbing to upper branches bearing the fruits. The taste of Amla is sour, bitter and astringent, and is quite fibrous.	Leaf Details	Leaves simple, alternate, bifarious on short deciduous branchlets, closely overlapping, sub sessile; stipules minute, lateral, linear; lamina 0.4-1.5 × 2-4 mm, oblong or linear-oblong, base round, apex obtuse and shortly apiculate, glabrous, membranous; nerves obscure

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