Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica) (Nelli () in Sinhala) The tree is small to medium in size, reaching 8 to 18 m in height, with a crooked trunk and spreading branches.The fruit is nearly spherical, light greenish yellow, quite smooth and hard on appearance, with six vertical stripes or furrows. Ripening in autumn, the berries are harvested by hand after climbing to upper branches bearing the fruits.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllanthus_emblica
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.