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Phyllanthus emblica, also known as emblic, [2] [5] emblic myrobalan, [2] myrobalan, [5] Indian gooseberry, [2] [5] Malacca tree, [5] or amla, [5] is a deciduous tree of the family Phyllanthaceae. Its native range is tropical and southern Asia .
The common name myrobalan can refer to several unrelated fruit-bearing plant species: Myrobalan plum (Prunus cerasifera), also called cherry plum and myrobalan plum; Emblic myrobalan (Phyllanthus emblica), also called Amla and Amalaki; In the genus Terminalia: Beleric myrobalan (Terminalia bellirica), also called Bibhitaki and Belliric myrobalans
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The sap of Emblica officinalis, also called laka, was used as a red dye by people of Java and the Malacca Strait area. [6] [2] According to Zhu Fan Zhi, the red-coloured sap of lakawood was once used as an ingredient in a product called "imitation dragon's blood" (imitation of a product from Dracaena cinnabari). [10]
In the Latin names for plants created by Linnaeus, the word officinalis indicates that a plant was used in this way. For example, the marsh mallow has the classification Althaea officinalis, as it was traditionally used as an emollient to soothe ulcers. [2] Pharmacognosy is the study of plant sources of phytochemicals.
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Triphala is an example of a classic Ayurvedic formula, used for thousands of years that is made from the powders of three fruits Amalaki (Phyllanthus emblica, syn. Emblica officinalis), Haritaki (Terminalia chebula) and Bibhitaki (Terminalia bellirica).
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