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Etymology: Emblica officinalis - Indian Gooseberry - Amla

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Scientific Name: Phyllanthus emblica, syn. Emblica officinalis

Tree Family:
Euphorbiaceae

Commonly Known as: Amla or Indian Gooseberry

Common names of this tree include amalaki in Sanskrit, amla (आँवला) in Hindi, amlaki (আমলকী) in Bengali, Nellikkai (நெல்லிக்காய்) in Kannada and Tamil, ఉసిరి in Telugu, and amala in Nepali language.


Other Name of Amla in Indian Language

Other names for Indian gooseberry include heikru in Manipuri, nelli in Sinhala, nellikka in Malayalam, amlakhi in Assamese, usirikai in Telugu, and nellikkaai (நெல்லிக்காய் ) in Tamil, and Kannada as well as aonla, aola, ammalaki, dharty, aamvala, aawallaa, emblic, Emblic myrobalan, Malacca tree, nillika, and nellikya in various other languages.

Manipuri - heikru
Sinhala - nelli
Malayalam - nellikkai
Assamese - amalakhi
Telugu - usirkai (usurkai)
Tamil - nellikkaai
Kannada - nellikai
Hindi - amla
Sanskrit - amalaki
Bengali - amlaki
Nepali - amala

 
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