Emblic
ನೆಲ್ಲಿआंवलाநெல்லி
Phyllanthus emblica L.
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 4.5 m
- wide
- —
Phyllanthaceae
Formerly Cicca emblica, Cicca macrocarpa, Diasperus emblica, Diasperus pomifer, and 7 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Trop. & Subtrop. AsiaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 99 cm to 8.0 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, greenRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (9)
- Chinese
- 油柑根, 余甘子, 油柑
- Simplified Chinese
- 余甘子, 庵摩勒, 望果
- Hindi
- आंवला, आँवला
- Tamil
- நெல்லி
- Telugu
- ఉసిరికాయ, ఉసిరి చెట్టు, ఉసిరిక
- Kannada
- ನೆಲ್ಲಿ
- Marathi
- आवळा
- Bangla
- আমলকি, আমলকী
- Malayalam
- അമ്ല, നെല്ലിക്ക, അമ്ലകി
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Phyllanthus emblica (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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