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Family: Rutaceae	Genus: Aegle	Species: Aegle marmelos (Linn.) Correa( बेल )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Aegle marmelos var. mahurensis Zate	Flower Color	Greenish
Common Name	Wood apple, Bael	Flower Type	Panicle
English / Trade Name	Bengal Quince, Stone Apple, Bael Tree, Indian Bael, Holy Fruit Tree	Flowering Period	July-Sept
Vernacular /Local Name	Bael	Fruiting Period	Oct-Dec
Altitude	Up To1200 M	Fruit Type	Berry
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Berry globose or ovoid, woody, (larger in cultivated forms). Seeds embedded in a clear mucilage and yellow, sweety aromatic pulp.
Habitat	Evergreen and semievergreen forest, also widely cultiveted	Bark Type	Prickly
Distribution	India and Sri Lanka; Widely cultivated in South East Asia, Malaysia, Tropical Africa and The United States	Bark Details	Bark is buish–grey, soft, with irregular furrows on the younger branches, spines 1-2
Distribution in Haryana	Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, M. Garh, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Palwal, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat, Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Compound
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Trifoliate
Description of Species	Small or medium-sized tree; spines 1-2, axillary, strong; Leaf compound, leaflets ovate, ovate-lanceolate or elliptic,terminal one larger, entire or crenulate, acuminate or obtuse, glabrous, base cuneate or rounded. Flowers white or greenish-white, in very numerous lateral and subterminal simple panicles, appearing with the new leaves. Berry globose or ovoid, woody, (larger in cultivated forms). Seeds embedded in a clear mucilage and yellow, sweety aromatic pulp.	Leaf Details	Leaf compound, leaflets ovate, ovate-lanceolate or elliptic,terminal one larger, entire or crenulate, acuminate or obtuse, glabrous, base cuneate or rounded.

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