EPPO Global Database

Phyllanthus emblica(PYLEM)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information

EPPO Code: PYLEM
Preferred name: Phyllanthus emblica
Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Western Asia (Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia, China (including Taiwan)

Other scientific names

Name	Authority
Emblica officinalis	Gärtner

Common names

Name	Language
emblic	English
Indian gooseberry	English
myrabolan	English
Amblabaum	German
êmblico	Portuguese
esponídia	Portuguese
mirabolano-êmblico	Portuguese
sarandi	Portuguese
yú gān zi	Chinese
余甘子	Chinese

Taxonomy

Kingdom Plantae ( 1PLAK )

Phylum Magnoliophyta ( 1MAGP )

Class Angiospermae ( 1ANGC )

Category Fabids ( 1FABD )

Order Malpighiales ( 1MALO )

Family Phyllanthaceae ( 1PYLF )

Subfamily Phyllanthoideae ( 1PYLS )

Genus Phyllanthus ( 1PYLG )

Species Phyllanthus emblica ( PYLEM )