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Aegle marmelos

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HomeTreeAegle marmelos

Dry forests on hills and plains, also in mixed deciduous and dry dipterocarp forests .

Family: Rutaceae
Height: 10 m / 33 ft
Sun
Light, Medium and Heavy Soil
Moist

Plant Rating

Edible Uses: 3 of 5
Medicinal Uses: 3 of 5
Other Uses: 4 of 5

Native Habitat

Bael Tree, Golden Apple, Bengal Quince Aegle marmelos native habitat is Dry forests on hills and plains, also in mixed deciduous and dry dipterocarp forests .

Edible Uses

Edible portion: Fruit, Leaves condiment, Spice, Vegetable. Fruit - eaten raw or made into marmalades, jams, jellies, drinks etc. The orange fruits have an aromatic, pleasant-flavoured yellow pulp. At ripening the pulp contains scented mucilage, which has a sweet flavour. The fruit may be cut in half, or the soft types broken open, and the pulp, dressed with palm sugar, eaten for breakfast. It contains a significant quantity of vitamin C. The fruit is a subglobose berry 50 - 125mm in diameter with a hard woody shell. Young leaves and shoots - cooked as a vegetable or used as a condiment. They are said to reduce the appetite. An infusion of the flowers forms a refreshing beverage. Nutrition. Fruit: Moisture% 58. Energy KJ 577. Energy Kcal 138. Protein g 2.3. Vit A ug 0.13. Vit c mg 219. Iron mg 0.55.

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