Dilip Walse Patil

Scientific Name : Phyllanthus emblica L.

Category : Angiosperms

Status : Alive

Habit : A small, deciduous tree. Leaves : Small, distichous, linear, obtuse, appear like pinnate leaves, stipule ovate, acute. Flowers : Greenish-yellow, in axillary fascicles, on leaf-bearing branches, often on the naked portion below the leaves, with fimbriate bracts at base. Male flowers many on short, slender pedicels, sepals 6, oblong. Stamens 3 on a short central column, disk 0. Female flowers few, subsessile, sepals 6, disk cup-like. Ovary 3-celled, styles 3, bifid. Fruits : Fleshy, globose, with 6 obscure, vertical furrows, pale yellow, of three 2-seeded crustaceous cocci. Flowering and Fruiting Time : February - May Significance : The fruits have great medicinal properties and is one of the richest sources of Vitamin C. It is also used together with Harde and Behda for making the famous Trifala churan.