
Amala
Phyllanthus emblica
A small sour fruit packed with more vitamin C than an orange. Eat one and the next sip of water tastes sweet.
- Regions
- Terai · Siwalik (Chure) · Middle Hills
- Elevation
- 100–1500 m
- Flowers in
- March, April
Doing okay
Plants
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Jumla

Phyllanthus emblica
A small sour fruit packed with more vitamin C than an orange. Eat one and the next sip of water tastes sweet.
Doing okay
Dendrocalamus hamiltonii
Not a tree at all — bamboo is a giant grass, and one of the fastest growing plants on Earth.
Doing okay

Pinus roxburghii
The pine of the middle hills, with long needles and sticky resin that smells sharp and sweet.
Doing okay
Ficus religiosa
The tree with heart-shaped leaves that whisper in the smallest breeze. Almost every Nepali village square has one.
Doing okay