Gooseberry or Indian Gooseberry or Amla or Aonla is an indigenous tropical/sub-tropical fruit to
the Indian subcontinent. Due to its medicinal and nutrition importance, this
fruit has become famous for its commercial use. Indian gooseberry is a hardy
plant which can be grown in waste lands. The best part of this tree is; this
can survive in extreme hot and cold climatic conditions. Commercial growers of
Indian gooseberry (Amla) can obtain excellent yields with minimum care or maintenance.
Gooseberry is an excellent source of vitamin ‘C’. When it comes to the tree
description, it is a small to medium sized deciduous tree which can be grown up
to 10 meters in height with crooked trunk and spreading branches. This tree
fruits are in spherical shape with green to pale yellow in colour.
Gooseberry/Amla has very good demand from the industries for the preparation of
various health care products like hair oil, dye, shampoo, face creams and tooth
powder other than using in culinary preparations. With proper orchard
management practices, farmers can get huge profits in gooseberry farming. Let
us go through the cultivation of gooseberry from seeding to harvesting in the
following write up. Read more about it's growing here.
