Emblica Officinalis
A plant belonging to _Euphorbiaceae_, a
native of India. In Borneo the bark and young shoots are used to
dye cotton black, for which purpose they are boiled in alum. The
fruits are made into sweetmeats, with sugar, or eaten raw, but
they are
exceedingly acid; when ripe and dry, they are used in
medicine, under the name of _Myrobalani emblici_. The natives of
Travancore have a notion that the plant imparts a pleasant flavor
to water, and therefore place branches of the tree in their wells,
especially when the water is charged with an accumulation of
impure vegetable matter.
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