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Common Names
Bael
About 
Taxonomy
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to access the GRIN database record about the specific taxonomical hierarchy (Family, Genus etc.).CLASSIFICATION
TAXON
Aegle marmelos (L.) Correa
FAMILY
Rutaceae Juss.
ALTERNATE FAMILY
nom. cons.
TRIBE
Aurantioideae
SUBTRIBE
Citreae
GENUS
Aegle Correa
SPECIES
marmelos (L.) Correa Trans. Linn. Soc. London 5:223. 1800
Plant Description
Tree, c. 6 m tall, with spines c. 15 mm long, single or paired. Leaves petiolate. sparsely white pubescent; leaflets 3-5, the lower 2 subsessibie, ovate-lanceolate, subcrenulate, obtuse. Flowers greenish-white, fragrant. Pedicels pubescent. Sepals c. 3 mm, pubescent, deciduous. Petals 13 mm, oblong, fleshy, spreading. Stamens c. 50, free or in fascicles, filaments subulate. Ovary 10-22-locular; stigma capitate. Fruit 5-10 cm in diameter, greenish-yellow or greenish, globose to pyriform; rind 3 mm thick; pulp pale orange, mucilaginous, aromatic. Seeds flat, oblong, densely woolly, embedded in transparent sticky gum.
Flowering Period: May-June.
Fruiting Period: November-December.
