Journal of Applied Horticulture. 2003: 5(2): 108-109

BSR-1 - a high yielding, self-fruitful aonla variety from Tamil Nadu

Chezhiyan, N; Shanmugasundaram, K A

Horticultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore - 641 003, India.

BSR-1 is a new high-yielding (155 kg/tree, 42 952 kg/ha), self-fruitful, and late-maturing cultivar of aonla (Emblica officinalis [P. emblica]) selected from a large number of germplasm from Bhavanisagar, Tamil Nadu, India. Its fruits are flattened at the base and round at the apex, with an average weight of 27.30 g/fruit. The fruits contain high total soluble solids (18.1 degrees brix) and vitamin C (620 mg/100 g of flesh), low phenol (29.75 mg/g of flesh), and high crude fibre content (4.31%).