Amla Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Amla (Phyllanthus emblica, formerly Emblica officinalis), the Indian gooseberry, is a small to medium deciduous tree of the Phyllanthaceae family, native to India, Sri Lanka, southern China, and Southeast Asia and grown in orchards across the subcontinent. It reaches 8 to 18 meters, with crooked branches, flaking grey bark, and tiny, closely set, feathery leaves that give the branchlets a fern-like look. The fruit is a smooth, round, pale yellow-green berry about 2 to 3 centimeters across with six faint vertical lines; its fibrous flesh is intensely sour and astringent with a sweet aftertaste, and Indian kitchens pickle and candy it. We extract the dried fruit.