? Indian gooseberry
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Flowering plant Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Malpighiales Family: Phyllanthaceae Tribe: Phyllantheae Subtribe: Flueggeinae Genus: Phyllanthus Species: P. emblica
Binomial name
Phyllanthus emblica Gaertn.
Synonyms
Cicca emblica Kurz Emblica officinalis Gaertn. Mirobalanus embilica Burm. Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Classes Magnoliopsida- Dicots Liliopsida- Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Magnoliopsida is the botanical name for a class: this name is formed by replacing the termination -aceae in the name Magnoliaceae by the termination -opsida (Art 16 of the ICBN). ... Families Family Achariaceae Family Balanopaceae Family Bonnetiaceae Family Caryocaraceae Family Chrysobalanaceae Family Clusiaceae Family Ctenolophonaceae Family Dichapetalaceae Family Elatinaceae Family Erythryloxaceae (coca family) Family Euphorbiaceae (spurge family) Family Euphroniaceae Family Goupiaceae Family Humiriaceae Family Hypericaceae (St Johns wort family) Family Irvingiaceae Family Ixonanthaceae Family Lacistemaceae Family Linaceae (flax family... Genera see text The family Phyllanthaceae comprises 1725 species of trees, shrubs and herbs distributed in all tropical regions of the world. ... Genera Subtribe Andrachinae: Andrachne (also Eraeliss, Thelypotzium) Subtribe Astrocasiinae: Astrocasia Subtribe Flueggeinae: Breynia (also Foersteria, Forsteria, Melanthes, Melanthesa, Melanthesopsis) Flueggea (also Acidoton, Bessera, Colmeiroa, Geblera, Neowawraea, Pleiostemon, Villanova) Glochidion (also Agyneia, Bradleia, Bradleja, Coccoglochidion, Diasperus, Episteira, Glochidionopsis, Glochisandra, Gynoon, Lobocarpus, Pseudoglochidion, Tetraglochidion, Zarcoa) Margaritaria (also Calococcus, Prosorus, Wurtzia, Zygospermum) Phyllanthus... Species see text The genus of Phyllanthus, belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae, comprises trees, bushes, and annual or biennial herbs distributed in all tropical and subtropical regions on Earth. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... Joseph Gaertner (1732-1791; in German Joseph Gärtner) was a German botanist. ... In scientific classification, synonymy is the existence of multiple systematic names to label the same organism. ... Joseph Gaertner (1732-1791; in German Joseph Gärtner) was a German botanist. ... Phyllanthus mairei Lév.

The Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica) is a deciduous tree of the Phyllanthaceae family. It is known for its edible fruit of the same name. Common names of this tree include amla in Hindi, aonla, aola, amalaki, amla berry, dharty, aamvala, aawallaa, emblic, emblic myrobalan, Malacca tree, nellikai, nillika, and usareekai. Deciduous means temporary or tending to fall off (deriving from the Latin word decidere, to fall off). ... Genera see text The family Phyllanthaceae comprises 1725 species of trees, shrubs and herbs distributed in all tropical regions of the world. ... Fruit stall in Barcelona, Catalonia. ... Hindi (हिन्दी hind), an Indo-European language spoken mainly in North, Central, and West India, is one of the national languages of India. ...

The tree is small to medium sized, reaching 8 to 18 m in height, with crooked trunk and spreading branches. The leaves are simple, subsessile, the flowers are greenish-yellow. The fruit is nearly spherical, light greenish yellow, with 6 vertical stripes or furrows. The fruits ripen in autumn. Its taste is bitter-sour. Being more fibrous than most fruits, it cannot be consumed raw in vast quantity; indeed, it is taken with salt, and a glass of water taken immediately after eating a large fruit makes the water seem sweeter. Fall redirects here. ... Human taste sensory organs, called taste buds or gustatory calyculi, and concentrated on the upper surface of the tongue, appear to be receptive to relatively few chemical species as tastes. ... Human taste sensory organs, called taste buds or gustatory calyculi, and concentrated on the upper surface of the tongue, appear to be receptive to relatively few chemical species as tastes. ... A magnified crystal of a salt (halite/sodium chloride) In chemistry, a salt is any ionic compound composed of positively charged cations and negatively charged anions, so that the product is neutral and without a net charge. ...

The fruit allegedly contains 720 mg of vitamin C per 100g of fresh fruit pulp, or up to 900 mg per 100g of pressed juice. Chemical structure of vitamin C. Vitamin C is a water-soluble nutrient essential for life, used by the human body for many purposes. ...

The fruit is pickled and also used as a main ingredient in the Ayurvedic tonic Chyawanprash. Its extract is popularly used in inks, dyes, shampoos and hair oils. Look up pickle in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Ayurveda (आयुर्वेद Sanskrit: ayu—life; veda—knowledge of) or ayurvedic medicine is a more than 2,000 year old comprehensive system of medicine based on a holistic approach rooted in Vedic culture. ... A jar and spoonful of Dabur chyawanprash Chyawanprash, also spelled chyavanaprasha, chyavanaprash, and chyawanaprash, is an ancient Ayurvedic health tonic, widely used in India, as a rejuvenative, energizer and immunity booster. ... An ink is a liquid containing various pigments and/or dyes used for colouring a surface to render an image or text. ... A dye can generally be described as a coloured substance that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is being applied. ... A shampoo is a traditional Indian and Persian body massage given after pouring warm water over the body and rubbing it with extracts from herbs. ...

In Hinduism it is regarded as a sacred tree and worshipped as Mother Earth in India. Hinduism (Sanskrit/Hindi —, hindi , and ) is a religion originating in the Indian subcontinent, based on the Vedas, and among the oldest religious traditions still practiced today. ...

External links

• Amla C - Natural Vitamin C
• Pharmacological Studies On Emblica Officinalis
• Amla , Key Herb Of Ayurvedic Medicine
• Cultivation - from Indian National Medicinal Plants Board
• Origin And Botanical Traits PDF