Emblica o fficinale

AONLA

FAMILY EUPHORBIACEAE

LETS KNOW ABOUT AONLA INTRODUCTION

CLIMATE AND SOIL VARIETIES PROPAGATION ROOTSTOCK MEDICINAL USES CULTIVATION HARVESTING PHYSIOLOGICAL

DISORDERS PRODCTS OF AONLA

ABOUT EMBLICA OFFICINALIS

The bark of Amla is gray in
color and peals in irregular patches.

Its feathery leaves, which

smell like lemon, are of linear oblong shape and size 10 to 12 mm length and 3 to 6 mm width.

Its flowers are monoecioius

having greenish yellow color.

They grow in auxiliary

CHARACTERISTICS AND constituents CONSTITUENTS >The major is Vitamin C. >It content up to 720 mg / 100 g of fresh pulp and 921 mg / 100 cc of pressed juice, has been recorded. >The fruit is probable the richest natural source of vitamin C. >The other constituents are Enzymes, Sugar, Tannin,

AONLA GROWING AREAS

>ITS CULTIVATION IS COMMON IN INDIA PARTICULARLY IN U.P.COPPRISING PRATAPGARH, RAI BAREILLEY, VARANASI, JAUNPUR, SULTANPUR, KANPUR, AGRA AND MATHURA. >ANOLA CULTIVATION IS ALSO SPREADING RAPIDLY IN THE SEMI-ARID TRACT OF MAHARASHTRA, GUJRAT, RAJASTHAN, A.P., KARANATAKA, TAMIL NADU, ARAVALI RANGES IN HARYANA, KANDI AREA IN PUNJAB, H.P. EXTENDING TO GHAR AREA IN U.P.

>AONLA IS A SUB-TROPICAL PLANT AND PREFERS DRY SUB-TROPICAL CLIMATE. >IT CAN TOLERATE FREEZING AS WELL AS HIGH TEMP.OF 46 DEGREE CELCIOUS. >WARM TEMP. SEEMS CONDUCIVE FOR THE INITIATION OF FLORAL BUD. >AMPLE HUMIDITY IS ESSENTIAL FOR INITIATION OF FRUIT GROWTH DURING JULY-AUGUST. >HEAVY FROST AND DRY SPELL IS NOT CONDUCIVE.

CLIMATE

SOIL
>IT CAN SUCCESSFULLY GROWN IN VARIABLE SOIL CONDITIONS. >IDEAL PLANT FOR ARID AND SEMI-ARID CONDITIONS >AONLA CAN BE CULTIVATED IN MARSINAL SOILSSLIGHTLY ACIDIC TO SALINE/SODIC (Ph 6.5-9.5) CONDITIONS. >HEAVY SOILS OR HIGH WATERTABLE AREAS ARE NOT SUITED FOR CULTIVATION.

>BANARASI : AN EARLY MATURING AONLA, IS ASHYBEARING, PRONE TOHEAVY DROPPING OF FRUITS WITH POOR SELF-LIFE. >FRANCIS : SUFFERS FROM SEVERE INCIDENCE OF s FRUIT NECROSIS. >CHAKAIYA : FRUITS ARE FIBROUS, SMALLER IN SIZE AND HAVE TENDENCY TO BEAR HEAVY CROP IN ALTERNATE YEARS. >SEEDLING SELECTIONS ARE KANCHAN (NA 4), NA 6, NA 7. >BESIDES ANAND 1, ANAND 2 AND ANAND 3 HAVE BEEN SELECTED AS PROMISING STRAINS IN GUJRAT.

VARIETIES

PROPAGATIO INARCHING NPATCH/MODIFIED RING BUDDING

SEED PROPAGATION VENEER GRAFTING BUDDING
>BUDDING IS AN IDEAL METHOD OF PROPAGATION
>PROPAGATION

OF AONLA POLYBAGS,POLYTUBE,ROOT TRAINER OR IN-SITU ORCHARDS NEEDS TO BE STANDARIZED AND COMMERCIALIZEDS

ROOTSTOCK

6 MONTH TO 1 YEAR OLD SEEDLINGS OBTAINED FROM DESI AONLA TREE ARE BEING USED AS ROOTSTOCK

MEDICINAL USEU
>It is aperient, carminative, diuretic, aphrodasiac, laxative, astringent and refrigerant. >It is the richest known source of vitamin 'C'. >It is useful in anaemia, jaundice, dyspepcia, haemorrhage disorders, diabetes, asthma and bronchitis. >It cures insomnia and is healthy for hair. >It is considered as one of the most rejuvenating drugs, imparting a long healthy life and weight gain. >It also acts as an antacid and antitumorganic agent.

CULTIVATION CULTIVATION

PLANTING

PLANTING MATERIAL : GRAFTED OR BUDDED ANOLA SPACING SEASON METHOD BEST COMBINATION
: 7-10 CM : JULY-AUGUST : MOSTLY HEDGE-ROW PLANTING : NA 6 AND NA 7 OR KANCHAN

TRAINING AND PRUNING

PLANTS SHOULD BE TRAINED TO CENTRAL LEADER SYSTEM

MANURING AND FERTILIZATION

>10KG FYM >100G N, 50G P, AND 100G K >100-500G OF B AND ZINC SULPHATE

IRRIGATION
>NOT REQUIRED GENERALLY. >IT SHOULD BE AVOIDED DURING FLOWERING PERIOD(MID MARCH-MID APRIL). >ALTERNATE DRIP IRRIGATION WITH 60 CPE IS APPROPRIATE.

INTERCROPPING
2- OR 3-

TIER CROPPING SYSTEM IS ESSENTIAL

HARVESTING
>TREE STARTS BEARING THIRD YEAR ONWARDS AFTER PLANTING. >CREAMY-WHITE TO BROWN IS AN INDICATION OF FRUIT MATURITY. >HARVESTING SHOULD BE DONE IN EARLY OR IN THE LATE HOURS OF THE DAY.

PHYSIOLOGICAL DISORDERS

NECROSIS

BROWNING OF MESOCARP

PRODUCTS OF AONLA