Phyllanthus emblica
Terai · Siwalik (Chure) · Middle Hills
A small sour fruit packed with more vitamin C than an orange. Eat one and the next sip of water tastes sweet.
Doing okay
Contents
Plants of Nepal
Ecosystem
Climate change
Environment-friendly behaviour
Erratic monsoon
The monsoon now arrives late, stops early, or dumps a whole month of rain in two days. Seeds sprout at the wrong time and young plants die of thirst.
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Plants this affects
Shorea robusta
Terai · Siwalik (Chure)
The great tree of the Terai forests. Its timber is so strong that Nepali houses built from it stand for a hundred years.
Doing okay