Herbarium JCB

Limonia acidissima L.

Family : RUTACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Rutaceae
Species : Limonia acidissima
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Limonia acidissima L. (Unresolved name)
Common name : Wood Apple
Vernacular name : Kapitthah (San.); Kaatbelh (Hin.); Belada mara, Belavala mara (Kan.)
Collection Nos : KFP 329, KFP 438, KFP 12252
Key identification features : A deciduous thorny tree. Leaves are pinnately compound and aromatic. Flowers are small (2-2.2 cm across) and arranged in panicles. Stamens are 10-12 and are differently coloured. Fruits are large, globose, of the size of a tennis ball with hard shell. Bark is grey, scaly with shallow ridges and furrows.
Habit : Tree
Native : India
Comments : The fruit pulp with characteristic aroma and sweet-sour taste is edible. Elephants are fond of the fruit.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Bagalkot, Bangalore, Belgaum, Bellary, Bidar, Bijapur, Chamrajnagar, Chikamagalur, Chikkaballapur, Chitradurga, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Dharwad, Gadag, Gulbarga, Hassan, Haveri, Kodagu, Kolar, Koppal, Mandya, Mysore, Raichur, Ramanagara, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Yadgir
Floras referred : Saldanha, 1996; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere