Phyllanthus emblica
Phyllanthus emblica
Author : L.
Family : Euphorbiaceae

Habit: Tree
Sanskrit: Amlaki, Dhatri
English: Emblic myrobalan, Indian gooseberry
 
Description
A small to medium-sized, deciduous tree, 6-10 m tall, with smooth, greenish-grey, exfoliating bark, small, subsessile, distichous, narrowly oblong leaves, small white male flowers and greenish-yellow female flowers, in axillary, monoecious fascicles and depressed, globose, fleshy fruits containing six trigonous seeds, each enclosed in a stony testa.
Useful part

Bark, leaves, fruits, seeds
Medicinal Uses
gonorrhoea, jaundice, diarrhoea, muscle pains, conjunctivitis, inflammations, diarrhoea, dysentery, vomiting, diabetes, cough, asthma, bronchitis, headache, eye diseases, hyperacidity, peptic ulcer, piles, skin diseases, leprosy, anaemia, liver diseases, dysentery, bleeding, leucorrhoea, cardiac disorders, intermittent fevers, worm infestations, grey hair
Major chemical constituents

Vitamin C, carotene, nicotinic acid, riboflavine, D-glucose, D-fructose, myoinositol, pectin with D-galacturonic acid, D-arabinosyl, D-xylosyl, L-rhamnosyl, D-glucosyl, D-mannosyl, D-galactosyl residues, embicol, mucic, IAA, auxins- a1 to a5, growth inhibitors – R1 & R2, phyllembic acid, phyllembin, fatty acids, leucodelphinidin, procyanidin, 3-0-gallated prodelphinidin, tannin, ellagic acid, lupeol, oleanolic aldehyde, 0-acetyl oleanolic acid, tannins, polyphenolic compounds, 1,2,3,6-trigalloylglucose, terchebin, corialgin, phyllantidine, phyllantine