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Botanical Name	Phyllanthus emblica L.
Family Name	Euphorbiaceae
Common Name	Amla
Tamil Name	நெல்லி, முழுநெல்லி
Life Form	Tree, up to 12 m tall
Distribution	Africa, Asia
Botanical Distribution	Habit: Tree, up to 12 m tall. Leaves:Leaves alternate, oblong, 1 - 1.6 x 3.5 - 04 , obliquely rounded at base, entire at margin, obtuse at apex, glabrous, glaucous beneath; 6-pairs beneath; petiole 0.7 mm long. Stipules deciduous. Flower: Flowers ca. 2.5 mm across, greenish, solitary, axillary. Male flowers peduncle filiform, 03 mm long; tepals 6, oblong, 2.5 mm long, connate. Stamens 3; filament short; anther oblong, 01 mm long. Disk of glands 6. Fruit: Ovaryglobose, 1.5 mm across; 3-loculed; ovules 6; style 3, imbricate, 4.5 mm long; stigma sessile. Capsules depressed, globose, ca. 3 cm across Seeds:Seeds 6, trigonous
Flowering and Fruiting	Mar. - June
Key Compounds	Phenolic compounds, tannins, phyllembelic acid, phyllembelin, rutin, curcum-inoids, and emblicol.
Medicinal Use	Immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory, antiulcer, hepatoprotective, and anticancer
At the Campus	Throughout the campus