- Family : RUTACEAE
(Rue Or Citrus Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : NIMBU FAMILY (नींबू फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System IV) : Rutaceae
- Synonym(s) : Crateva marmelos L.; Crateva marmelos L.; Belou marmelos (L.) Lyons; Bilacus marmelos (L.) Kuntze; Crateva religiosa Ainslie; Aegle marmelos var. mahurensis Zate; Aegle marmelos var. tamilnadensis (S.A.Kader) D.D.Pramanick & Mastakar; Aegle tamilnadensis S.A.Kader; Feronia pellucida B.Heyne ex Roth
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Aegle marmelos (L.)Correa
- Common name : Bael Tree, Holy Tree, Bengal quince, Holy fruit tree, Indian Bael, Stone apple, Wood Apple
- Vernacular name :
- Bael, Sirphal (Hindi)
- Bilva patra mara (Kannada)
- Vilva (Tamil)
- Maredu (Telugu)
- Belo, Baelo (Oria)
- Bilva (Sanskrit)
- Bel (Marathi)
- Koolakam, Koovalam, Vilvam, Mavilavu (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Deciduous forests, also temple premises and homesteads
- Comments / notes : Considered as a sacred tree and planted in and around places of worship. Root and bark highly medicinal. Fruit pulp edible and used in confectionery.
- Key identification features : Small deciduous, glabrous trees; Flowers greenish white, sweet scented; Fruits globose, oblong or pyriform.
- Flower, Fruit : January-July
- Collector(s) Name : B.R.Ramesh, K.P.Sreenath; K.P.Sreenath, S.R.Ramesh
- Collection Date : 09-04-1980, 15-11-1978
- Collection Nos : KFP 11157, KFP 4364
- Collection Locality : Devarayanadurga, Tumkuru district; Bellary- Siruguppa road, Bellary district
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : All districts of Andhra Pradesh
- Karnataka : All districts of Karnataka
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : All districts in Maharashtra
- Odisha : All districts of Odisha
- Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
- Jharkhand :
- Madhya Pradesh : Madhya Pradesh
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Himachal Pradesh : Kangra district
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Delhi : Delhi
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : South and Middle Andaman
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan
- 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 et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- 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
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan
- Saldanha, 1996
- Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Flora of Bangalore district, Karnataka state
- Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga
- Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
- Manjunath et al., 2003 – Davanagere
- Indigenous Plants at Biodiversity Park, Ranchi - Ranchi Afforestation Division, Forest and Environmental Department, Jharkhand
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. Volume 1, Botanical Survey of India, 1984. Pg.: 140
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla
- P. S. N. Rao, P. M. Padhey, B. K. Sinha, H. S. Debnath, P. Lakshminarasimhan, & L. N. Ray. (1999). Flora of Andaman-Nicobar Islands (Vol. 1). Director, Botanical Survey of India.
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- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Aegle marmelos. Downloaded on 4 October 2026.
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