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[[Category:'''Limonia]]acidissima''' is the only species within the monotypic genus Limonia. It is native to the Indomalaya ecozone to Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and in Indochinese ecoregion east to Java and the Malesia ecoregion. Common names for the species in English include '''''wood-apple''''' and '''''elephant-apple'''''. It is reputed for its medicinal properties.[[Category:Limonia acidissima]][[Category:Rutaceae]][[Category:Photographs by Dinesh Valke]]The fruit is used to make a fruit juice with astringent properties and jams. Its leaves also have medicinal properties and are considered auspicious to be offered to Lord Shiva in pujas. A majority of the Hindu temples will have a sacred tree with in its compound and is known as the sthala vriksha.