Aegle marmelos
Bael Fruit; Bengal quince; golden apple; Japanese bitter orange; stone apple; wood apple
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | ||
| Deutsch | Bel-Frucht | |
| English | Bael Fruit; Bengal quince; golden apple; Japanese bitter orange; stone apple; wood apple | |
| Français | Bengal Quince; fruit de Beli, Coing du Bengale, Orange-miel, Vilvon; Maja; Bael | |
| Italiano | Bel-Frucht | |
| Suomi | Bel-Frucht | |
| Norsk | Bel-Frucht | |
| Čeština | Bel-Frucht | |
| Español | Bel-Frucht | |
| Svenska | Bel-Frucht | |
| Polski | Bel-Frucht | |
| Український | Bel-Frucht | |
| Român | Bel-Frucht | |
| Русский | Bel-Frucht | |
| Български | Bel-Frucht | |
| EESTI | Bel-Frucht | |
| 日本語 | Bel-Frucht | |
| Other names | Indian: Bilva, Bilwa, Bel, Kuvalam, Madtoum; (Bengali বেল) (Hindi:बिल्व) |
Origin
| States and Territories | Pakistan (Jhelum, Pakistani Punjab); India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Indian Punjab, Rajasthan, Bihar, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Jammu & Kashmir, Poonch); Bangladesh; Andaman Isl.; Sri Lanka; Myanmar (Bago, Chin, Kachin, Kayah, Kayin, Magway, Sagaing, Shan, Taninthayi, Yangon); Nepal; Taiwan [I]; Java [I]; tropical Africa [I]; Fiji [I]; China [I] (Yunnan [I]); Laos; Viet Nam; Cambodia; Thailand; Sulawesi [I]; Lesser Sunda Isl. [I]; Fed. States of Micronesia [I] (Pohnpei [I]); Mauritius [I]; La Réunion [I]; Cameroon [I]; Andaman Isl. (South Andaman Isl., Middle Andaman Isl.); Cuba [c]; Trinidad & Tobago [I]; Honduras [I] | |||
| [I] = Introduced | ||||
| [c] = Commercially cultivated | ||||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Sapindales | |||
| Family | Rutaceae | |||
| Genus | Aegle | |||
| Species | marmelos | |||
| Author citation | (L.) Corrêa | |||
| Scientific name | Aegle marmelos (L.) Corrêa | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC | |||
Appearances
Bark
, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson