. PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA L. (Euphorbiaceae)
| Synonym : | Cicca emblica (L.) Kurz Dichelactina nodicaulis Hance Emblica officinalis Gaertn. Phyllanthus mimosifolius Salisb. |
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| Bangla Name : | Amloki, Amla, Aila (Sylhet) ,Ambari (Garo), Amloti (Chakma), Soi sha (Marma), Sowan Lu (Bawm), Khulu (Murong). |
| English Name : | Emblic Myrobalan, Indian Gooseberry. |
| Family : | Euphorbiaceae |
| Disease : | Diuretic, refrigerant, carminative, astringent, tonic, stomachic, laxative, antacid ,vomiting , heart , liver, piles, stops nasal haemorrhage, cough , cold, tonic, diarrhoea, dysentery, anaemia, jaundice , dyspepsia, insomnia, , gall pain, leucorrhoea and |
| Description : | A small to medium-sized, deciduous tree. Banchlets feathery with distichous leaves, resembling a pinnate leaf, leaves small, bluntish, 0.6-1.3 cm long. Flowers small, greenish yellow, monoecious, in axillary clusters. Fruit a globose drupe, about 2.5 cm across, obscurely 6-lobed. |
| Distribution : | Occurs in the dry forests of Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Cox’s Bazar, Sylhet, Dhaka-Tangail (Sal forest) and Dinajpur, also cultivated elsewhere. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Fruit is a rich natural source of vitamin C. It also contains tannins and colloidal substances, phyllembic acid, lipids, gallic acid, ellagic acid, trigalloylglucose, terchebin, corilagin and emblicol. Phyllembin and mucic acid have been isolated from the |
| Uses : | Fruits are diuretic, refrigerant, carminative, astringent, tonic, stomachic, laxative, antacid and rich in Vitamin C, improves appetite, useful in vomiting and burning urination, diseases of the heart and liver, piles, stops nasal haemorrhage. It promotes |
| Habit : | Small tree |