WorldFloraDB - Aegle marmelos

Characteristics

A medium sized tree. It loses its leaves. It grows to 3-6-12 m tall and spreads 2 m across. The stem is erect and thorny. The leaves are green and with 3 leaflets and generally sword shaped. They are aromatic. The flowers are yellowish-white. They have a strong sweet smell. They contain both sexes and occur in clusters. The fruit is large and with a hard shell about 3 mm thick. It is 8-10 cm across. The fruit is yellow-green when ripe. The pulp is reddish or orange. The pulp of the fruit is edible. The fruit is made up of small cells (about 15) each with woolly seeds.

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Trees to 10 m tall; spines to 3 cm. Leaflet blades ovate to elliptic, 4-12 × 2-6 cm, base rounded to narrowly cuneate, margin crenulate, apex acuminate or sometimes acute. Calyx lobes ca. 1 mm. Petals white, ca. 1 cm. Stamens nearly as long as petals. Gynoecium ca. 6 mm. Fruit greenish yellow, 10-12 × 6-8 cm; mesocarp ca. 3 mm thick. Seeds ca. 8 mm. Fr. Oct. 2n = 18, 36.

Tree to 10 m. or so, sometimes with spines 2.5–5 cm. long, shortly hairy.. Leaves digitately trifoliolate, alternate; leaflets elliptic-ovate, 4–13.5 cm. long, obtusely acuminate.. Flowers 4–5-merous in axillary or terminal fascicles or racemes; stamens 40–50.. Fruit 5–12.5 cm. in diameter, with a hard shell, greyish brown, with orange-red fleshy pulp.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

tree

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

2.0

Mature height (meter)

10.0

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

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Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

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Fruiting months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

A tropical plant. It prefers rich well drained soils in an open sunny position. It suits tropical or warm places. It appears to do best where there is a distinct dry season. It is drought and frost tender. It grows in Nepal to about 1100 m altitude. A hot dry summer is best. It can tolerate some alkalinity and saline soils. It can tolerate alkalinity. It can grow in arid places. In Yunnan.

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

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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The ripe fruit are eaten raw. They are also used to make drinks. The fruit are often sliced and dried. Marmalade can be made from ripe pulp. They can also be pickled or used in jams and jellies. The young shoots and leaves can be eaten raw in salad. They are also used in chutneys. The flowers are used to make a drink. CAUTION: There are reports that leaves make women sterile or cause abortions.

Uses	animal food dye environmental use essential oil fodder food food additive gene source gum material medicinal non-vertebrate poison ornamental poison seasoning social use timber vertebrate poison wood
Edible	flowers fruits leaves shoots
Therapeutic use	Abdominal pain (bark), Anthelmintics (bark), Antipyretics (bark), Depressive disorder (bark), Diarrhea (bark), Dysentery (bark), Fever (bark), Gastrointestinal diseases (bark), Headache (bark), Heart diseases (bark), Hypoglycemic agents (bark), Parasympatholytics (bark), Snake bites (bark), Abdominal swelling (bark), Abscess (bark), Hair loss (bark), Anti-bacterial agents (bark), Anti-inflammatory agents (bark), Antipruritics (bark), Appetite stimulants (bark), Asthma (bark), Bronchitis (bark), Calculi (bark), Cardiotonic agents (bark), Contraceptive agents (bark), Cough (bark), Demulcents (bark), Diabetes mellitus (bark), Diphtheria (bark), Diuretics (bark), Dracunculiasis (bark), Dyspepsia (bark), Dysuria (bark), Edema (bark), Epididymitis (bark), Expectorants (bark), Fatigue (bark), Flatulence (bark), Gout (bark), Helminthiasis (bark), Inflammation (bark), Intestinal diseases, parasitic (bark), Irritable bowel syndrome (bark), Kidney calculi (bark), Kidney diseases (bark), Labor pain (bark), Laxatives (bark), Lithiasis (bark), Liver diseases (bark), Neoplasms (bark), Pectoralis muscles (bark), Pharyngitis (bark), Postnatal care (bark), Pregnancy complications (bark), General tonic for rejuvenation (bark), Skin diseases (bark), Spasm (bark), Stomach diseases (bark), Hydrocele (bark), Tuberculosis, lymph node (bark), Urinary bladder calculi (bark), Urinary bladder diseases (bark), Urinary tract infections (bark), Urination disorders (bark), Urolithiasis (bark), Vomiting (bark), Wounds and injuries (bark), Antiperiodic (bark), Antiemetics (flower), Diarrhea (flower), Astringents (flower), Cholagogues and choleretics (flower), Abdominal pain (fruit), Anthelmintics (fruit), Anti-infective agents, local (fruit), Anti-obesity agents (fruit), Antipyretics (fruit), Antirheumatic agents (fruit), Antiviral agents (fruit), Appetite stimulants (fruit), Astringents (fruit), Brain diseases (fruit), Colic (fruit), Constipation (fruit), Demulcents (fruit), Diabetes mellitus (fruit), Diarrhea (fruit), Diet, food, and nutrition (fruit), Digestive system diseases (fruit), Dysentery (fruit), Dyspepsia (fruit), Dysuria (fruit), Edema (fruit), Fever (fruit), Gastrointestinal diseases (fruit), Genital diseases, female (fruit), Hair diseases (fruit), Headache (fruit), Hemorrhoids (fruit), Hyperglycemia (fruit), Hypoglycemic agents (fruit), Hysteria (fruit), Jaundice (fruit), Laxatives (fruit), Nervous system diseases (fruit), Neurotic disorders (fruit), Increase physical endurance, strength and stamina (fruit), Pneumonia (fruit), General tonic for rejuvenation (fruit), Sinusitis (fruit), Spasm (fruit), Toothache (fruit), Tuberculosis (fruit), Urination disorders (fruit), Vomiting (fruit), Child health (fruit), Malabsorption syndromes (fruit), Cooling effect on body (fruit), Abscess (leaf), Hair loss (leaf), Analgesics (leaf), Anthelmintics (leaf), Anti-arrhythmia agents (leaf), Anti-bacterial agents (leaf), Antifungal agents (leaf), Anti-inflammatory agents (leaf), Anti-obesity agents (leaf), Antipyretics (leaf), Antirheumatic agents (leaf), Antispermatogenic agents (leaf), Appetite stimulants (leaf), Arthritis (leaf), Asthma (leaf), Brain diseases (leaf), Cardiotonic agents (leaf), Colic (leaf), Common cold (leaf), Cough (leaf), Deafness (leaf), Diabetes mellitus (leaf), Diarrhea (leaf), Dysentery (leaf), Dyspepsia (leaf), Edema (leaf), Endophthalmitis (leaf), Expectorants (leaf), Fever (leaf), Furunculosis (leaf), Gastrointestinal diseases (leaf), Genital diseases, female (leaf), Heart diseases (leaf), Hemorrhoids (leaf), Hypersensitivity (leaf), Hypertension (leaf), Hypoglycemic agents (leaf), Hysteria (leaf), Inflammation (leaf), Influenza, human (leaf), Jaundice (leaf), Laxatives (leaf), Malaria (leaf), Nervous system diseases (leaf), General tonic for rejuvenation (leaf), Sinusitis (leaf), Sprains and strains (leaf), Stomach diseases (leaf), Sunstroke (leaf), Tuberculosis (leaf), Urination disorders (leaf), Vomiting (leaf), Wounds and injuries (leaf), Child health (leaf), Carbuncle (leaf), Dracunculiasis (leaf), Counterirritant (leaf), Periodontal diseases (leaf), Pharyngitis (leaf), Toothache (leaf), Abdominal pain (rhizome), Gastrointestinal diseases (rhizome), Abdominal pain (root), Antiemetics (root), Anti-inflammatory agents (root), Antipyretics (root), Appetite stimulants (root), Carrageenan (root), Chest pain (root), Depressive disorder (root), Diarrhea (root), Dysentery (root), Dyspepsia (root), Edema (root), Fever (root), Heart diseases (root), Hypochondriasis (root), Hypoglycemic agents (root), Irritable bowel syndrome (root), Narcotics (root), Pruritus (root), Puerperal disorders (root), Scorpion stings (root), Spasm (root), Urination disorders (root), Vomiting (root), Wound healing (root), Diphtheria (root), Counterirritant (root), Pharyngitis (root), Anthelmintics (seed), Anti-bacterial agents (seed), Antifungal agents (seed), Antiprotozoal agents (seed), Colitis (seed), Laxatives (seed), Malaria (seed), Kidney calculi (stem), Urinary bladder calculi (stem), Abdomen (unspecified), Abortifacient (unspecified), Ache(Stomach) (unspecified), Aftosa (unspecified), Alterative (unspecified), Anodyne (unspecified), Astringent (unspecified), Bite(Snake) (unspecified), Brain (unspecified), Breast (unspecified), Cholera (unspecified), Convulsion (unspecified), Dentifrice (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Digestive (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Dyspepsia (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Heart (unspecified), Itch (unspecified), Laxative (unspecified), Malaria (unspecified), Nausea (unspecified), Piscicide (unspecified), Proctitis (unspecified), Refrigerant (unspecified), Restorative (unspecified), Spasm (unspecified), Sterilizant (unspecified), Stomachic (unspecified), Suppuration (unspecified), Thirst (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Tumor(Abdomen) (unspecified), Constipation (unspecified), Palpitation (unspecified), Puerperium (unspecified), Soap (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Ache(Ear) (unspecified), Alopecia (unspecified), Apertif (unspecified), Digestion (unspecified), Epididymitis (unspecified), Hydrocoele (unspecified), Purgative (unspecified), Earache (unspecified), Inflammation (unspecified), Fishbait (unspecified), Abdominal pain (unspecified), Anticonvulsants (unspecified), Antipyretics (unspecified), Appetite stimulants (unspecified), Asthma (unspecified), Astringents (unspecified), Colic (unspecified), Colitis (unspecified), Diabetes mellitus (unspecified), Edema (unspecified), Flatulence (unspecified), Gastrointestinal diseases (unspecified), Headache (unspecified), Hypnotics and sedatives (unspecified), Laxatives (unspecified), Mastodynia (unspecified), Muscle cramp (unspecified), Postnatal care (unspecified), General tonic for rejuvenation (unspecified), Scorpion stings (unspecified), Scurvy (unspecified), Sleep initiation and maintenance disorders (unspecified), Snake bites (unspecified), Ulcer (unspecified), Urination disorders (unspecified), Vomiting (unspecified), Cooling effect on body (unspecified), Hair loss (unspecified), Dracunculiasis (unspecified), Gout (unspecified), Intestinal diseases, parasitic (unspecified), Irritable bowel syndrome (unspecified), Kidney calculi (unspecified), Liver diseases (unspecified), Neoplasms (unspecified), Pharyngitis (unspecified), Skin diseases (unspecified), Stomach diseases (unspecified), Hydrocele (unspecified), Urinary bladder calculi (unspecified), Wounds and injuries (unspecified), Lithiasis (whole plant)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

It is grown from seed. Seed are taken from freshly picked ripe fruit. Seedlings are planted out after one year. It can be grown from root offshoots. They are best grown using patch budding. Trees are spaced 6-9 m apart. Trees can be pruned to have 4-6 strong branches. Suckers should be removed. It can also be grown from root suckers or air layering.

Mode	seedlings
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Germination luminosity	-
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Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	30 - 42
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