?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. Phyllanthus mairei Lév. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1195x1729, 145 KB) Summary reduced from tab. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Divisions Green algae Chlorophyta Charophyta 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... 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. ...

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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 amalaka in Sanskrit, amla in Hindi, nelli in Tamil, aonla, aola, amalaki, amla berry, dharty, aamvala, aawallaa, emblic, emblic myrobalan, Malacca tree, nellikai, nillika, and usareekai. Hashim Mahomed Amla (born March 31, 1983 in Durban) is a South African cricketer. ... 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. ... The Sanskrit language ( , ) is a classical language of India, a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, and one of the 22 official languages of India. ... Hindi (हिन्दी or हिंदी in Devanāgarī; pronunciation: ), an Indo-European language spoken mainly in northern and central India, is one of the official languages of the Union government of India. ... Tamil (தமிழ் ) is a classical language and one of the major languages of the Dravidian language family. ...

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 100 g of fresh fruit pulp, or up to 900 mg per 100 g of pressed juice. 3D representation of vitamin C Chemical structure of vitamin C Vitamin C is a water-soluble nutrient and vitamin essential for life and for maintaining optimal health. ...

Particularly in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, the fruit is pickled with salt, oil, and spices, and also used as a primary ingredient in the Ayurvedic tonic Chyawanprash. Its extract is popularly used in inks, dyes, shampoos and hair oils. Andhra Pradesh : (Telugu: ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్, Urdu: آندھرا پردیش, IPA: ), is a state in South India. ... Pickling in India is an ancient art and has been used to preserve food for thousands of years. ... 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: , IAST: ), also known as , (IAST: ) and , (IAST: ) is a set of religious traditions that originated mainly in the Indian subcontinent. ...

See also

• Gooseberry

Binomial name Ribes uva-crispa L. The Gooseberry Ribes uva-crispa (syn. ...

External links

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