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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.
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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.
Various folk cultures and traditions assign symbolic meanings to plants. Although these are no longer commonly understood by populations that are increasingly divorced from their rural traditions, some meanings survive. In addition, these meanings are alluded to in older pictures, songs and writings.
Many species are found in alpine or sub-alpine meadows where snow is common. Flowers usually are borne terminally, are zygomorphic, and have a lower petal shaped like a lip. The most common flower colours are purple, blue-white, and violet. Some species have yellow markings on the lower petal to act as a guide to pollinating insects.
Asparagaceae (/ ə s ˌ p æ r ə ˈ ɡ eɪ s i ˌ aɪ,-s iː ˌ iː /), known as the asparagus family, is a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots. [1] The family name is based on the edible garden asparagus, Asparagus officinalis.
Due to the nectar-rich flowers, species like S. aristolochiifolia, S. bona-nox, S. tamnoides (S. medica is a synonym for all three of these species) and S. officinalis are also useful honey plants. The common floral decoration sometimes known as "smilax" is Asparagus asparagoides, [14] [15] which looks similar to Smilax but is from a different ...