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'''''Phyllanthus emblica''''', also known as '''emblic''',<ref name=GRIN/><ref name=Lim>{{cite book|author=Lim, T.K. |date=2012 |title= Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants |url=https://archive.org/details/ediblemedicinaln00limt_997 |url-access=limited |chapter=''Phyllanthus emblica'' |publisher=Springer Netherlands |pages= [https://archive.org/details/ediblemedicinaln00limt_997/page/n272 258]–296 |doi=10.1007/978-94-007-4053-2_37 |isbn=9789400740525 }}</ref> '''emblic myrobalan''',<ref name=GRIN/> '''myrobalan''',<ref name=Lim/> '''Indian gooseberry''',<ref name=GRIN/><ref name=Lim/> '''Malacca tree''',<ref name=Lim/> or '''amla''',<ref name=Lim/> from the Sanskrit आमलकी ('''āmalakī'''), is a [[deciduous]] tree of the family [[Phyllanthaceae]]. Its native range is tropical and [[South Asia|southern Asia]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Phyllanthus emblica L. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:353838-1 |access-date=2022-06-30 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}}</ref>
'''''Phyllanthus emblica''''', also known as '''emblic''',<ref name=GRIN/><ref name=Lim>{{cite book|author=Lim, T.K. |date=2012 |title= Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants |url=https://archive.org/details/ediblemedicinaln00limt_997 |url-access=limited |chapter=''Phyllanthus emblica'' |publisher=Springer Netherlands |pages= [https://archive.org/details/ediblemedicinaln00limt_997/page/n272 258]–296 |doi=10.1007/978-94-007-4053-2_37 |isbn=9789400740525 }}</ref> '''emblic myrobalan''',<ref name=GRIN/> '''myrobalan''',<ref name=Lim/> '''Indian gooseberry''',<ref name=GRIN/><ref name=Lim/> '''Malacca tree''',<ref name=Lim/> or '''amla''',<ref name=Lim/> from the Sanskrit आमलकी ('''āmalakī'''), is a [[deciduous]] tree of the family [[Phyllanthaceae]]. Its native range is tropical and [[South Asia|southern Asia]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Phyllanthus emblica L. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:353838-1 |access-date=2022-06-30 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}}</ref>


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Half an [[amalaka]] fruit was the final gift to the Buddhist sangha by the great Indian emperor [[Ashoka]]. This is illustrated in the [[Ashokavadana]] in the following verses: "A great donor, the lord of men, the eminent Maurya Ashoka, has gone from being lord of Jambudvipa [the continent] to being lord of half a myrobalan".<ref>[[John S. Strong|Strong, J. S.]] (1983) ''The Legend of King Ashoka''. New York: Princeton University Press. p. 99.</ref> In [[Theravada Buddhism]], this plant is said to have been used as the tree for achieving enlightenment, or [[Bodhi]], by the twenty first [[Buddha]], named [[Phussa Buddha]].<ref>[https://archive.org/details/cu31924093743619 <!-- quote=Phussa Amalaka tree. --> Buddha: His Life, His Teachings, His Order: Together with the History of the Buddhism, Manmatha Nath Dutt, Society for the resuscitation of Indian literature, 1901, p. 3]</ref>
Half an [[amalaka]] fruit was the final gift to the Buddhist sangha by the great Indian emperor [[Ashoka]]. This is illustrated in the [[Ashokavadana]] in the following verses: "A great donor, the lord of men, the eminent Maurya Ashoka, has gone from being lord of Jambudvipa [the continent] to being lord of half a myrobalan".<ref>[[John S. Strong|Strong, J. S.]] (1983) ''The Legend of King Ashoka''. New York: Princeton University Press. p. 99.</ref> In [[Theravada Buddhism]], this plant is said to have been used as the tree for achieving enlightenment, or [[Bodhi]], by the twenty first [[Buddha]], named [[Phussa Buddha]].<ref>[https://archive.org/details/cu31924093743619 <!-- quote=Phussa Amalaka tree. --> Buddha: His Life, His Teachings, His Order: Together with the History of the Buddhism, Manmatha Nath Dutt, Society for the resuscitation of Indian literature, 1901, p. 3]</ref>

== [https://herballeaves.com/indian-gooseberry-benefits/ Indian Gooseberry benefits] ==


== Traditional uses ==
== Traditional uses ==

Revision as of 17:29, 12 December 2022

For other plants called gooseberry, see List of gooseberries.

Phyllanthus emblica
Plant
Fruit
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Genus: Phyllanthus
Species:
P. emblica
Binomial name
Phyllanthus emblica
Synonyms[3]
  • Cicca emblica (L.) Kurz
  • Diasperus emblica (L.) Kuntze
  • Dichelactina nodicaulis Hance
  • Emblica arborea Raf.
  • Emblica officinalis Gaertn.
  • Phyllanthus glomeratus Roxb. ex Wall. nom. inval.
  • Phyllanthus mairei H.Lév.
  • Phyllanthus mimosifolius Salisb.
  • Phyllanthus taxifolius D.Don

Phyllanthus emblica, also known as emblic,[2][4] emblic myrobalan,[2] myrobalan,[4] Indian gooseberry,[2][4] Malacca tree,[4] or amla,[4] from the Sanskrit आमलकी (āmalakī), is a deciduous tree of the family Phyllanthaceae. Its native range is tropical and southern Asia.[5]

Plant morphology and harvesting

Budding and flowers

The tree is small to medium in size, reaching 1–8 m (3 ft 3 in – 26 ft 3 in) in height. The branchlets are not glabrous or finely pubescent, 10–20 cm (3.9–7.9 in) long, usually deciduous; the leaves are simple, subsessile and closely set along branchlets, light green, resembling pinnate leaves. The flowers are greenish-yellow. The fruit is nearly spherical, light greenish-yellow, quite smooth and hard on appearance, with six vertical stripes or furrows. The fruit is up to 26 mm (1.0 in) in diameter, and, while the fruit of wild plants weigh approximately 5.5 g (0.19 oz), cultivated fruits average 28.4 g (1.00 oz) to 56 g (2.0 oz)[6]

Ripening in autumn, the berries are harvested by hand after climbing to upper branches bearing the fruits. The taste of Indian emblic is sour, bitter and astringent, and it is quite fibrous.

Buddhist symbolism

In the Buddhist tradition there are many references to the fruit of the emblic myrobalan. In the Śatapañcāśatka, Buddha’s knowledge is described in a poetic simile: “O Bhagavan, the entire origination of all types of phenomena throughout time is within the range of your mind, like an ambalan fruit in the palm of your hand”.[7]

Half an amalaka fruit was the final gift to the Buddhist sangha by the great Indian emperor Ashoka. This is illustrated in the Ashokavadana in the following verses: "A great donor, the lord of men, the eminent Maurya Ashoka, has gone from being lord of Jambudvipa [the continent] to being lord of half a myrobalan".[8] In Theravada Buddhism, this plant is said to have been used as the tree for achieving enlightenment, or Bodhi, by the twenty first Buddha, named Phussa Buddha.[9]

Traditional uses

Culinary use

Indian gooseberry pickle

The amla fruit is eaten raw or cooked into various dishes, such as dal (a lentil preparation) and amle ka murabbah, a sweet dish made by soaking the berries in sugar syrup until they are candied. It is traditionally consumed after meals.[citation needed]

In the Batak area of Sumatra, Indonesia, the inner bark is used to impart an astringent, bitter taste to the broth of a traditional fish soup known as holat.[10]

Traditional medicine

In Ayurveda, dried and fresh fruits of the plant are used as a common constituent.[11][12]

Chemical constituents

These fruits contain high amounts of ascorbic acid (vitamin C),[13] and have a bitter taste that may derive from a high density of ellagitannins,[11] such as emblicanin A (37%), emblicanin B (33%), punigluconin (12%), and pedunculagin (14%).[14] Amla also contains punicafolin and phyllanemblinin A, phyllanemblin other polyphenols, such as flavonoids, kaempferol, ellagic acid, and gallic acid.[11][15]


  • Amla at the top of the Lingaraj temple in Bhubaneswar
    Amla at the top of the Lingaraj temple in Bhubaneswar
  • Hand of a standing Buddha statue holding a myrobalan
    Hand of a standing Buddha statue holding a myrobalan
  • Seed
    Seed
  • Fruits
    Fruits
  • Leaves
    Leaves
  • Trunk and main branches, highlighting mottled bark
    Trunk and main branches, highlighting mottled bark
  • Amla juice
    Amla juice
  • Amala in Bhopal Madhya Pradesh
    Amala in Bhopal Madhya Pradesh
  • Amala Size comparison
    Amala Size comparison

See also

References

  1. ^ Roland, C. (2020). "Phyllanthus emblica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T149444430A149548926. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T149444430A149548926.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Phyllanthus emblica". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2008-03-06.
  3. ^ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d e Lim, T.K. (2012). "Phyllanthus emblica". Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants. Springer Netherlands. pp. 258–296. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-4053-2_37. ISBN 9789400740525.
  5. ^ "Phyllanthus emblica L. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
  6. ^ Huxley. A. The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. MacMillan Press 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5
  7. ^ Chen, K. (1952). The Śatapañcāśatka of Mātrceta: Sanskrit Text, Tibetan translation and commentary, and Chinese translation. Edited by D. R. Shackleton Bailey, with an introduction, English translation and notes. Cambridge: The University Press, 1951. xi, 237 p. The Far Eastern Quarterly, 11(3), 408-410. doi:10.2307/2049590.
  8. ^ Strong, J. S. (1983) The Legend of King Ashoka. New York: Princeton University Press. p. 99.
  9. ^ Buddha: His Life, His Teachings, His Order: Together with the History of the Buddhism, Manmatha Nath Dutt, Society for the resuscitation of Indian literature, 1901, p. 3
  10. ^ de Clercq, F. S. A. (1909). Nieuw Plantkundig Woordenboek voor Nederlandsch Indië. Amsterdam: J. H. de Bussy. p. 303.
  11. ^ a b c Dharmananda S (September 2003). "Emblic myrobalans (Amla)". Institute of Traditional Medicine.
  12. ^ Indian Ministry of Health and Family Planning. The Ayurvedic Formulary of India. Part I. 1st ed. Delhi, 1978.
  13. ^ Tarwadi K, Agte V (Aug 2007). "Antioxidant and micronutrient potential of common fruits available in the Indian subcontinent". Int J Food Sci Nutr. 58 (5): 341–9. doi:10.1080/09637480701243905. PMID 17558726. S2CID 7663752.
  14. ^ Bhattacharya, A.; Chatterjee, A.; Ghosal, S.; Bhattacharya, S. K. (1999). "Antioxidant activity of active tannoid principles of Emblica officinalis (amla)". Indian Journal of Experimental Biology. 37 (7): 676–680. PMID 10522157.
  15. ^ Habib-ur-Rehman; Yasin KA; Choudhary MA; et al. (Jul 2007). "Studies on the chemical constituents of Phyllanthus emblica". Nat. Prod. Res. 21 (9): 775–81. doi:10.1080/14786410601124664. PMID 17763100. S2CID 30716746.
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