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Published In: Lingnaam Agricultural Review 2(L): 22. 1924. (Lingnaam Agric. Rev.) Name publication detail
 

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 6/2/2011)
Acceptance : Accepted
Project Data     (Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
Flower/Fruit: Fl. Per.: March-May.
Type: Type: Described from India.
Distribution: Distribution: India, Pakistan, Java and Sri Lanka.
Comment/Acknowledgements: The “wood apple” or ‘kaith bel’ is found wild in the Salt Range (Stewart, l.c.), but is frequently cultivated in the plains. The leaves smell of aniseed. The pulp of the fruit is used in the treatment of diarrhoea.
Illustration: Limonia acidissima Groff (Illustration)
Map Location: B-7 Rawalpindi; Poonch House, cult., Y. Nasir & M.A. Siddiqi s.n. (RAW); C-7 Hazara Dist.: Jabri, N. of Haripur, E. & Y. Nasir s.n. (RAW); G-4 Karachi, Gandhi Gardens, cult. Y. Nasir 6582 (RAW).

 

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Tree, c. 9 m tall. Spines axillary, c. 15 mm. Leaflets 5-7, 25-35 x 10-20 mm, obovate, subsessile, entire to obscurely crenulate, retuse, glandular-punctate. Petiole and rachis narrowly winged. Flowers dull red, fragrant. Petals elliptic, spreading. Filaments subulate, hairy at the base. Berry 5-9 cm in diameter. Seeds brown, woolly.
 
 
 
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