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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Phyllanthus emblica (Euphorbiaceae)

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Common name(s)
Amlaka

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Tooth) India(Santal) *
Acrid Nepal *
Acrid Nepal Singh, M.P., et al. 1979. Medicinal plants of Nepal - Retrospects and prospects. Economic Botany 33(2): 185-198.
Anemia India(Santal) *
Anemia Nepal Singh, M.P., et al. 1979. Medicinal plants of Nepal - Retrospects and prospects. Economic Botany 33(2): 185-198.
Anemia Nepal *
Anodyne India(Santal) *
Anthrax India(Santal) *
Bactericide India *
Candida India *
Carbuncle India(Santal) *
Cholera India(Santal) *
Convulsion India(Santal) *
Diarrhea India(Santal) *
Dysentery India(Santal) *
Epilepsy India(Santal) *
Fever India(Santal) *
Fistula India(Santal) *
Fungicide India *
Gonorrhea India(Santal) *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.