Gooseberry Herbal Extracts
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Botanical name: emblica officinalis
common name: indian gooseberry, amla, amalaki
parts used: fruits
principal constituents: tannins, gallic acid, ascorbic acid, vitamin c
introduction: amla is worshipped as an auspicious fruit from the ancient time and respected as a symbol of good health. Amla is one of the most often used herb in indian ayurveda. It has a reputation as a powerful rejuvenating herb. The amla fruit is reputed to have
the highest content of vitamin c of any natural occurring substances in nature indian gooseberry belongs to euphorbiaceae family, a small to medium-sized deciduous tree, 8-18 m in height with thin light grey bark exfoliating in small thin irreguar flakes; leves simple, very many, subsessile, closely set along the branchlets, distichous, light green having the appearance of pinnate leaves;
flowers greenish yellow, in axillary fassicles, unisexual, males numerous on short slender pedicles, females few, subsessile, ovary 3-celled; fruits globose brry, fleshy, pale yallow with six obscure vertical furrows enclosing 6 trigonous seeds in 2-seeded 3 crustaceous cocci.
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