Scientific Name : Limonia acidissima L.
Category : Angiosperms
Status : Alive
Habit : A big tree armed with spines. Leaves : Imparipinnate, petiole and rachis flat, narrowly winged, leaflets 3-9, opposite, obovate or wedge-shaped. Inflorescence : Panicles Flowers : Small, numerous, dull-red, in lateral or terminal, hairy, panicles with male and female flowers. Calyx small, 5-6 triangular lobes. Petals 5-6, free, elliptic-oblong, deflexed. Stamens 10-12, filaments hairy at base, anthers large, linear-oblong. Ovary sessile, oblong, 1-celled, ovules many, placenta parietal, style 0, stigma oblong. Fruit : Berry amphisarca-globose, hard, many seeded, rough, grey-coloured. Seeds embedded in edible pulp. Flowering and Fruiting Time : March - May Significance : Wild everywhere or cultivated for its fruits. Ripe fruits used for chutneys or jellies and a good tonic for liver and lungs, stomites and sore throat.
Specimen Information
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Common Name(s):
कवठ, Wood Apple, Curd Fruit
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Synonym(s):
Limonia curvispina Miq. Limonia ambigua DC. Crateva balangas K.D.Koenig Hesperethusa acidissima (L.) M.Roem. Anisifolium limonia Kuntze
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Family:
Rutaceae
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Botany Department (DVP College, Nimgaon Sawa) -
Created On:
25-08-2022
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