Etnobiologi Kota Amlapura, Karangasem, Bali: Amla, Amlapura dan Phyllanthus emblica L. (Phyllanthaceae)

Ary Prihardhyanto Keim (Kelompok Penelitian Etnobiologi, Pusat Penelitian Biologi, Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia)
Tukul Rameyo Adi (Kementerian Koordinator Bidang Kemaritiman dan Investasi, Jakarta)
Muhamad Nikmatullah (Kelompok Penelitian Etnobiologi, Pusat Penelitian Biologi, Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia)
Nissa Arifa (Kelompok Penelitian Etnobiologi, Pusat Penelitian Biologi, Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia)
Fauzi Akbar (Kementerian Koordinator Bidang Kemaritiman dan Investasi, Jakarta)
Wawan Sujarwo (Kelompok Penelitian Etnobiologi, Pusat Penelitian Biologi, Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia)

Journal of Tropical Ethnobiology
Vol. 3 No. 1 (2020): January 2020

Amlapura is a Sanskrit name for the city of Karangasem and the result of the ethnobiological research conducted in this study indicates that it refers to a species of plant named Phyllanthus emblica (Phyllantaceae). In Indonesian, particularly Javanese the name is known as ‘malaka’, ‘mlaka’, ‘kemloko’, or ‘mloko’. This present ethnobiological study also raises a possibility that the name ‘mlaka’ is an indigenous Austronesian word instead and entered Sanskrit through Dravidian languages.