Aegle Medicinal Values: Bael

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Aegle marmelos has enormous medicinal values as well as traditional values against various diseases. Aegle marmelos also commonly known as Bael is an ancient plant in India and also now being neutralized in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Pakistan, Bangladesh and most of south eastern Asian countries. In casual terms they are known as Bengal quince, Indian quince, holy fruit, golden apple in English and bael or bilva in Hindi (Balinga et al., 2011).
1.1 Plant Description
Aegle belongs to orange sub family Aurantioide, one of the three monotypic genera. (www.hort.purdue.edu)
Aegle marmelos, family Rutacae is deciduous, which has 6–8 meters height with trifoliate aromatic leaves. Its branches has long straight spines and bark is shallowly furrowed and corky. It has flowers which are nearly 2 cm wide and are borne in clusters. They are generally sweet scented and greenish white. It has 5-7.5 cm diameter of fruits. Seeds are numerous and arranged in the cells surrounded by slimy transparent mucilage. Seeds have wooly hairs. (www.hort.purdue.edu)
The plant grows at an altitude of 1200 meter in the western Himalayas as well as in Andaman Island. In Hindus tradition Bael is generally considered as sacred tree and its leaves are offered to Lord Shiva to worship. Every parts, roots, stem, fruit and leaves at different stages of maturity have their …show more content…

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