Scientific Name :
Aegle marmelos (L.) Correa
Synonym :
Belou marmelos (L.) Lyons
Bilacus marmelos (L.) Kuntze
Common Name : Stone fruit, Bel,Vilvam
Plant Family : Rutaceae
Habit : Tree
Plant Description
Flowering & Fruiting : January to July
Flower Colour : Creamy white
Description : Height: Up to 12 m
Stem: Woody, greyish brown, spines white
Leaves: Trifoliate, ovate
Flowers: Breacteate, calyx 5, corolla 5, indefinite stamens, polyadelphous, pentacarpellary gynoecium
Inflorescence: Axillary panicles
Fruit: Amphisarca, epicarp woody, green later turns yellow, many seeded, seeds gummy
Native/ Exotic : N
Locality : HN, JM
Distribution Range : Indian Subcontinent.
Uses : Yellow dye obtained from roots
Wood used in furniture making
