Aegle Marmelos

Scientific Name: Aegle marmelos

Common Name: Indian bael

Symbol: AEMA3

Category: Dicot

Genus: Aegle

Family: Rutaceae

Family Common Name: Rue family

Order: Sapindales

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subkingdom: Tracheobionta

Kingdom: Plantae

Edible: unknown

Bael fruit

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Scientific Name: Aegle marmelos

Common Name(s): Bael fruit

Edible: yes

Medicinal: no

Parts Used: fruit

Logos 10 Aug, 2008	Description: This is a tree that grows from 2.4 to 4.6 meters tall, with a dense spiny growth. The fruit is 5 to 10 centimeters in diameter, gray or yellowish, and full of seeds.
Current Rating: 0.0000

Logos 10 Aug, 2008	Habitat and Distribution: Bael fruit is found in rain forests and semievergreen seasonal forests of the tropics. It grows wild in India and Burma.
Current Rating: 0.0000

Logos 10 Aug, 2008	Edible Parts: The fruit, which ripens in December, is at its best when just turning ripe. The juice of the ripe fruit, diluted with water and mixed with a small amount of tamarind and sugar or honey, is sour but refreshing. Like other citrus fruits, it is rich in vitamin C.
Current Rating: 0.0000

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