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Bela 
| Local Name |
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Bela |
| Botanical Name |
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Aegle marmelos (L.) Corrêa |
| Common Name |
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Wood apple |
| Family |
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Rutaceae |
| Distribution |
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The species is native to Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is also distributed throughout Odisha |
| Habit |
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Tree |
| Short Description |
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It is a deciduous tree native to India and Southeast Asia, featuring trifoliate leaves and sweet, aromatic fruits. Its fruits and leaves are widely used in traditional medicine for their digestive and therapeutic benefits. |
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Descriptions
It is a small or medium size tree with spines
and grey corky bark. Leaves are trifoliate, leaflets
lanceolate or elliptic. Flowers white or greenish white.
Fruit globose, ovoid and woody. Seeds embedded in
mucilaginous sweet aromatic pulp.
Flowering & Fruiting Period
March - June
Use(s)
Fruit juice is taken as cooling agent. Leaves are used in malaria.
