Wonderful Post of this very popular fruit tree. Part used as per the book 'Nature Heals' are Plant, Stembark, Leaf, Root, Flower, Fruit, Seed. Action/Uses: Fruit; refrigerant, diuretic, laxative, acrid, cooling, carmative, stomatichic . Flower and unripe fruit; aperient,vermifuge . Flower; cooling, refrigerant. Root & Stembark; astringent. Used in haemorrhagia, anaemia, jaundice, dropsy, cough, Exudation from incisions of the fruit; external application for inflammation of the eyes. Seeds; asthma, bronchitis, biliousness.
The interesting morphology of this tree as seen in the pictures is the Flowers in axillary fascicles on the leaf- bearing branchlets, often on the naked portion below the leaves, with frimbriate bracts a the base. regards, Rashida. On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Phyllanthus emblica* L., Sp. pl. 2:982. 1753 > syn: *Emblica officinalis* Gaertn. > * Mirobalanus embilica* Burm. > > Deciduous tree often planted for its fruits, often used pickled or cooked, > a rich source of vit. C > > Common names: Emblic myrobalan, Indian gooseberry > Hindi: Amla, amlika, aonla > Beng: Amla, Amlaki > Guj: Amoli, ambala > Tel: Amalakamu, usirikai > Tam: Nelli > Mal: Nelli > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > >
