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===Food===
Bilva can be used in food. Ripe fruit pulp is eaten raw and also used for making soft drinks and jam.<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Seeds}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}., {{Parts Used|Leaves}}<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>
==Chemical Composition==
===Nutritional components===
Bilva contains the Following nutritional components like Thiamine, Ribofl avin, Vitamin - C, Niacin; Calcium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium Zinc<ref name="Nutritional componentsForest foods of Western Ghat"/>
==Habit==
==Cultivation Details==
Development of seedlings is very slow, and need to be in the nursery for at least a year<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>. Bilva's availability period is from March to June<ref name="How to plant/cultivateForest foods of Western Ghat"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
<ref name="Description">THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 35.</ref>
<ref name="Uses">Karnataka Aushadhiya Sasyagalu By Dr.Maagadi R Gurudeva, Page no:239</ref>
<ref name="Nutritional componentsForest foods of Western Ghat">"Forest food for Northern region of western ghat pdf Western Ghats" by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, Page No.18, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS - ) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune</ref>
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