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Phyllanthus emblica, also known as emblic, [2] [5] emblic myrobalan, [2] myrobalan, [5] Indian gooseberry, [2] [5] Malacca tree, [5] amloki or amla, [5] is a deciduous tree of the family Phyllanthaceae.
The binomial name often reflects limited knowledge or hearsay about a species at the time it was named. For instance Pan troglodytes, the chimpanzee, and Troglodytes troglodytes, the wren, are not necessarily cave-dwellers. Sometimes a genus name or specific descriptor is simply the Latin or Greek name for the animal (e.g. Canis is Latin for ...
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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In old Javanese literature, the word "laka" was also used to denote a shade of red on cloth, and the word manglaka meant "processor of laka-wood dye", although the tree from which the dye was derived from is Emblica officinalis. [2] It is also called akar laka. [5] In Chinese, lakawood may be called jiangzhenxiang (降真香) or zitengxiang ...
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).
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.
Officinalis, or officinale, is a Medieval Latin epithet denoting organisms—mainly plants—with uses in medicine, herbalism and cookery. It commonly occurs as a specific epithet , the second term of a two-part botanical name.