🌿 Botanical Name
Phyllanthus emblica
👨‍👩‍👦 Family
Euphorbiaceae.
🗣️ Vernacular Names
Gooseberry, Amla, Nelli.
🌼 Flowering – Fruiting
March – May.
🌍 Distribution
Native of Tropical and Southern Asia.
💡 Status
Least Concern.

Description: Medium-sized deciduous tree, with light grey exfoliating bark. Leaves simple, alternate, oblong-elliptic, closely set and overlapping on deciduous branchlets. Flowers greenish-yellow, in axillary fascicles. Fruit drupe. Seed trigonous.

Uses: Planted in gardens for their edible fruits. Fruits are used for pickles and in medicine.