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Amla

Local Name	:	Amla
Botanical Name	:	Phyllanthus emblica L.
Common Name	:	Amla
Family	:	Phyllanthaceae
Distribution	:	Found throughout India including Odisha. It is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions and also found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, India, China, Uzbekistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Pakistan.
Habit	:	Tree
Short Description	:	It is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree with feathery, light green leaves and a crooked trunk marked with distinctly peeling bark, it grows up to 15 to 20mtrs in height

Descriptions

Leaves are simple, subsessile, and closely set along branchlets, light green, and resembling pinnate leaves. The flowers are small, greenish-yellow, and have six segments but no real petals. The fruit is nearly spherical, light greenish yellow, quite smooth, and hard on appearance, with six vertical stripes or furrows.

Flowering & Fruiting Period

February-April

Use(s)

The fruit is a constituent of triphala. It is cultivated for its edible fruits. Dry fruits powder is used to treat indigestion.