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Jar amla |
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| Vernacular name | Jar amla | |
| Scientific name | Phyllanthus amarus Schumacher, Beskriv. | |
| Family | Euphorbiaceae | |
| Season | Kharif | |
| Description | ||
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| Leaves | Leaves distichous, simple, over-lapping, subsessile. | Photo Gallery |
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| Fruit/ seed | Capsule depressed-globose, smooth, dehiscent. Seeds-trigonous, pale brown, longitudinally ribbed. | |
| Habitat and distribution | Found as weed in cultivated fields and gardens | |
| Flowering and fruiting | June to October | |
| Associated with | Kharif crops | |
| Habit | Erect, glabrous, shallow-rated annual herb. Stem angular, branches spreading. | |
| Inflorescence | Flowers-yellowish green, axillary, hanging down below the branchlets. Male flower with 3 stamens. Female flower with globose, 3-celled ovary. | |
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