Indian gooseberry
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Scientific name
Phyllanthus emblica L.
English Name
Emblic myrobalan
Malayalam name
നെല്ലി
Common name
Indian gooseberry
Description
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Moist deciduous forests, also cultivated in the plains
- Leaves : simple, alternate.
- Flowers : unisexual, greenish-yellow, densely clustered in leaf axils
- Fruit : a capsule, yellowish-green
How to use
- Rejuvenation : Fresh fruits are eaten for body rejuvenation.
- Eye diseases : Apply the strained juice of green gooseberry to the eyes.
- Indigestion & Diarrhea : Tender shoots taken with butter milk cures indigestion and diarrhea.
Parts used
Roots,leaves,bark and fruit
Uses
Rejuvenative, diuretic, anti-pyretic, digestive and carminative
Propagation & Cultivation
It is propagated by seeds and rarely by root suckers and grafts.Prefers a warm dry climate.It needs good sunlight and rainfall.Grow in almost all types of soils,except very sandy type.
