Nelli (goose berry)

Scientific name:	Phyllanthus emblica*
Family name:	EUPHORBIACEAE
English name:	goose berry
Local name:	Nelli
Description:	Deciduous tree to 15 m high, moecious; leaves on the main branches reduced to scales. Deciduous branchlets mostly 10-25 cm long, with 30-100leaves. Stipules triangular, 0.8-1.5 mm long.Leaf lamina 12-20 x (1-)2-5 mm; petiole 0.3-0.7 mm long. Inflorecences cymules in middle portion of deciduous branchlets, each of several males sometimes with 1 or 2 female flowers. Fruit a drupaceous tardily dehiscent capsule, 2.5-3 cm in diameter, epicarp whitish, endocarp about 1 cm in diameter; collumella trigonous,7-8 mm high. Seeds in unequal pairs, 3.9-4.5 mm long.
Status:	Native
Edible parts:	Fruit
Ayurvedic usage: Treatment for- Burning sensation Diabetes mellitus Skin diseases Headaches Mental disorders Hemorrhoids Coughs Asthma Tuberculosis Excessive thirst Leucorrhoea Menarrhagia Abdominal diseases PARTS  USED  IN  TREATMENT: Fruits Roots Bark RELATED  MEDICINAL  PROPERTIES: Improves vision Helps to keep heart healthy Increases memory power Improves hair growth Appetizer source by  instituteofayurveda.org