Amla
Amla berries (fruit) aka Indian gooseberries and amalaki. I agree, they do look like gooseberries, albeit big gooseberries roundabout the size of a walnut. Amla is something I was first introduced to in Bali, a solo trip I haven't written about yet--a week of yoga, jamu, Nyepi, and batik. The best word to describe that trip is regenerative. I came back feeling relaxed, restored, and healthier than I've felt in quite some time, only to be hit with my second bout of Covid. Go figure. During the trip, one of my jamu teachers took me on a tour of his sample garden, a smaller scale version of his organic farm where he can show people many plants in a small space. He grows different kinds of herbs, spices, flowers, and fruits, and he showed me purple, black, yellow, and white turmerics. I tasted cinnamon barks cut straight from the tree (punchy and delicious). And he off-handedly pointed out an amla tree, one that's newer to him but that is apparently a "miracle tree"...