| PlantID | 0074 |
| Botanical Name | Aegle marmelos |
| Common Name | Bael |
| Classification | | Kingdom: | Plantae | | Subkingdom: | Tracheobionta | | Division: | Magnoliophyta | | Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Subclass: | Rosidae | | Order: | Sapindales | | Family: | Rutaceae | | Genus: | Aegle | | Species: | marmelos |
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| Part used | Fruit, root, bark, seeds, leaves, flowers |
| Medicinal Properties | Antibilious, antiparasitical, antipyretic, aphrodisiac, aromatic, alternative, astringent, digestive stimulant, febrifuge, hemostatic, laxative, nutritive, stomachic, stimulant, tonic. Fruits: cooling and laxative. |
| Medicinal Use | Diabetes, dyspepsia, chronic diarrhea, heart diseases, dysentery. Leaf: against peptic ulcers and respiratory disorders. Fruits: arrest secretion or blooding, cure diahorrea and dysentry. Root: ear problems.
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| Chemistry | Beta-sitosterol(all parts); amino acids(fruits, leaves); dictamnine(pericarp, wood); marmesin(pericarp, bark, wood); marmin, umbelliferone(pericarp, bark); skimmianine(leaves, bark); carbohydrate, carotene, fat, tannins and vitamins; imperatorin (marmelosin) and its isomers, alloimperatorin and marmelide, psoralen and tannic acid(fruits); alpha-d-phellandrene(rind, leaf, oil);
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| Cultivation | NA |
| Regional Habitat | Bael is suitable for dry forests on hills and plains of Rajasthan. |
| Description | A spinous, deciduous, aromatic tree, spines, straight, strong, axillary. It grows up to 18 meters tall and bears long thorns. Leaves: usually 3-foliolate, sometimes 5-foliolate; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, lateral sessile, terminal long-petioled. Flowers: borne in few-flowered, axillary panicles, greenish-white, sweet-scented. Fruits: large, upto 15 cm diameter, globose, ovoid or pyriform, 8-15 celled, rind grey or greyish-yellow, woody, pulp orange, sweet. Seeds: numerous in aromatic pulp, oblong, compressed, testa woolly and mucilaginous.
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