Myrobalan
Appearance
The common name myrobalan can refer to several unrelated fruit-bearing plant species:
- Myrobalan Plum (Prunus cerasifera), also called Cherry plum and myrobalan plum
- Emblic myrobalan (Phyllanthus emblica), also called Amla and Amalaki
- Beleric Myrobalan (Terminalia bellirica), also called Bibhitaki and Belliric myrobalans
- Black Myrobalan (Terminalia chebula), also called Haritaki and Chebulic myrobalans.
- It grows abundantly in Tamilnadu. It bears fruits which are dried and then used as tanning material in processing hides and skins.