- Family : RUTACEAE
(Rue Or Citrus Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : NIMBU FAMILY (नींबू फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Rutaceae
- Synonym(s) : Feronia limonia (L.) Swingle
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Limonia acidissima Groff
- Common name : Wood Apple, Elephant Apple, Curd fruit, Monkey fruit
- Vernacular name :
- Kaith, Kaatbelh (Hindi)
- Belada mara, Belavala mara (Kannada)
- Velamaram (Tamil)
- Velaga, Tor-elaga (Telugu)
- Kaitho, Behenta, BHenda, Koito, Koeta (Oria)
- Kapitthah (Sanskrit)
- Kavath (Marathi)
- Vilankai, Vilarmaram, Vilavu (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests, also grown in homesteads
- Comments / notes : On foothills of scrub jungles and hills up to 1000m. Occasionally cultivated for its fruits.
- Key identification features : Bark thin, greenish-grey, smooth
- Flower, Fruit : January-October
- Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha, K.R.Keshava Murthy, S.R.Ramesh
- Collection Date : 06/04/1979
- Collection Nos : KFP 6810
- Collection Locality : Ankapura plantation, Near Sagarada, Tumkuru district
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, Kurnool district, Kadapa district, Prakasam district, Vishakapatnam district
- Karnataka : Kolar district
- Kerala : Wayanad district, Thrissur district, Ernakulam district, Kottayam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
- Odisha : Angul district, Cuttack district, Puri district, Nayagarh district
- Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district, Namakkal district
- Chattisgarh : Raipur district
- Madhya Pradesh : Madhya Pradesh
- Delhi : Delhi
- Punjab : Punjab
- Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
- J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- M.R. Almeida (1998). Flora of Maharashtra vol.2.
- Verma, D.M., et al 1985. Flora of Raipur, Durg and Rajnandagaon. Fl. of Ind. Ser. 3.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Limonia acidissima. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Field Image(s)
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Habitat
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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