Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Euphorbiaceae | Genus: Emblica | Species: Phyllanthus emblica L. |
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| Synonym | Emblica officinalis Gaertn. | Flower Color | Greenish |
| Common Name | Amla, Aonla | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Gooseberry, Indian Gooseberry, Emblic Myrobalan | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Heikru, Amla | Fruiting Period | Oct-Dec |
| Altitude | Up to 1600 m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit 1.5-2.5 cm across, sub-globose, dehiscing into 6 occi, disc enlarged to give an appearance of fleshy yellowish-green, indehiscent berry |
| Habitat | Occurs in deciduous forests and also cultivated | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India, Bangladesh, China,Malysia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka | Bark Details | Fairly smooth bark is a pale grayish-brown and peels of in thin flakes like of the guava. |
| Distribution in manipur | Eastern | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Oblong | ||
| Description of Species | The tree is small to medium in size, reaching 8 to 18 m in height, with a crooked trunk and spreading branches, branchlets are glabrous or finely pubescent, 10–20 cm long, usually deciduous | Leaf Details | Leaves bifarious on short deciduous branchlets, closely, linear;lamina 0.4-1.5 X 2-4 mm, oblong or linear-oblong, base round,apex obtuse and shortly apiculate, glabrous, membranous; nerves obscure |
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