
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
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Plants
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Okhaldhunga

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
Ficus religiosa
The tree with heart-shaped leaves that whisper in the smallest breeze. Almost every Nepali village square has one.
Doing okay