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Amla

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Indian gooseberry, or amla, is a fruit tree that grows natively in India. The tree is small to medium in size, reaching 1–8 m in height. The flowers are greenish-yellow. The fruit is nearly spherical, light greenish-yellow, quite smooth and hard on appearance, with six vertical stripes or furrows. The fruit is up to 26 mm in diameter. Amla tree starts bearing after 2-3  years of planting. The fruits are harvested during February when they become dull greenish yellow from light green. A mature tree of about 10 years will yield 20-50 kg of fruit. The average weight of the fruit is 60-70 g and 1 kg contains about 15-20 fruits.
A well maintained tree yields up to an age of 70 years.

 

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Scientific Name:  Phyllanthus emblica

Common Name:  Amla, Nelli kai, Indian gooseberry, Amalaki

Climate and soil requirement

It is a tropical plant. Annual rainfall of 630-800 mm is ideal for its growth.
The young plant up to the age of 3 years should be protected from hot wind during May-June and from frost during winter months. The mature plants can tolerate freezing temperature as well as a high temperature.

Land preperation  

Dig pits of 1x1x1m during May-June at a distance of 4.5 m x 4.5 m Leave for 15-20 days exposing to sunlight. Each pit should be filled with surface soil mixed with 15 kg farm yard manure and 0.5 kg of phosphorus before planting the grafted plants.

Pruning

Leaving only 4-5 well shaped branches with wide angle at about 0.75 m from the ground level, other dead, diseased, week crisscrossing branches should be pruned off at the end of December.

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