Family: PhyllanthaceaeLocal name: Amla, goose berry, UsiriDistribution: Distributed in the tropical parts of India, Cultivated for fruits and it is also found in wild in forests. It is photographed in Eastren ghats of Andhra pradesh India. Description: It is a deciduous tree. The branches resembles a compound leaf. Before the on set of flowering the tree completely sheds off the leaves. Flowers unisexual, arise in clusters in the axils of leaves. Flowers 3-5mm across, greenish yellow in axillary fasicles, male and female mixed. Tepals 6, oblong, disk in male minute, in female cupular. Stamens 3, connate into a column, the anthers cohering by the connective, cells distinct. Ovary 3 celled, ovules 2 in each cell, styles connate at the base and stigmas recurved and bifid. Drupes 2-3cm across, depressed globose, fleshy, pale green with 6 faint lines The amla tree flowers in the month of March and profusely for a shorter period. The fruits matures after 8-9 months in the month of December.
