Determination of Physico-chemical Properties of Aonla (Emblica officinalis Gaerth) Fruits among Different Populations in Garhwal Himalaya

The present investigation was conducted to evaluate the variation in nutritive contents in wild-growing fruits of Emblica officinalis. Fruits of E. officinalis were collected from twenty-eight naturally growing populations in different parts of Garhwal-Himalaya, Uttarakhand, India. Several fruit properties including number of fruits kg⁻¹, fruit weight, fruit diameter, fruit length, fruit volume, pulp weight, pulp:stone ratio, specific gravity, moisture percent, total soluble solid, malic acid, citric acid, tartaric acid, vitamin C, and sugar contents were analyzed to observe the variations among different populations. The results of the study revealed that the average fruit weight varied significantly (P