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[[File:Limonia acidissima (6941726106).jpg|thumb|right|''Kapitha'', ''Limonia acidissima'']]
'''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.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Indigestion}}, {{Uses|Earache}}, {{Uses|Scurvy}}, {{Uses|Diabetes}}, {{Uses|Kidney problems}}, {{Uses|Liver problems}}, {{Uses|Snakebites}}, {{Uses|Malaria}}, {{Uses|Sore throats}}.<ref name="Uses"/>
==Uses=Food==={{Uses|Indigestion}}, {{Uses|Earache}}, {{Uses|Scurvy}}, {{Uses|Diabetes}}, {{Uses|Kidney problems}}, {{Uses|Liver problems}}, {{Uses|Snakebites}}, {{Uses|Malaria}}, {{Uses|Sore throats}}Limonia acidissima can be used in Food. Pulp of ripe fruits is eaten raw and used in preparation of soft drink and jam.<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>
==Parts Used==
==Chemical Composition==
Fruit pulp contains large quantity of citric acid and other fruit acids, mucilage and minerals. Leaves contain stigmasterol, psoralen, bergapten, orientin, vitedin, saponarin, tannins and an essential oil<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
===Prabhava===
===Nutritional components===
Limonia acidissima Contains the Following nutritional components like - Vitamin-C; Phosphorus, Magnesium, Calcium, Sodium, Potassium<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>
==Habit==
{{Habit|Deciduous Treetree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|SimplePinnate|Alternate|Imparipinnate, alternate|The leaves are divided into , 1-3in a cluster, estipulate; rachis 60-6 toothed leaflets80 mm long, with smaller leaflets in betweenstout, glabrous, often narrowly winged.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|UnisexualPolygamous|21-4cm long3 cm across|Yellow|510-12|In Dull red, 1.3 cm across, in axillary or terminal racemescymes; calyx small, fragrantflat, cream5-toothed, pubescent with out, deciduous. Flowering from January-season is November to March}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|simpleBerry|5-7.6 cm across|7–10 mm|A berryGlobose, globosewhitish-brown, rind hard and woody. Seeds ; seeds many, oblong, compressed|embedded in pulp|manyMany|Fruiting season is November to March }}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
* [[Vishatinduka TailaNyagrodhadi churna]] as ''root juice extract''* [[Dashamoolarishta]]<ref name="Ayurvedic preparations"/>
==Where to get the saplings==
==How to plant/cultivate==
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
==Photo Gallery==
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</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[http://www.mpbd.info/plants/limonia-acidissima.php "chemical Chemical constituents"]</ref><ref name="Leaf">Kappatagudda - A Repertoire of Medicianal Plants of Gadag by Yashpal Kshirasagar and Sonal Vrishni, Page No. 262</ref><ref name="LeafAyurvedic preparations">[https://indiabiodiversityeasyayurveda.orgcom/2017/12/species28/showwood-apple-kaitha-feronia-limonia-limonia-acidissima/31505 "Morphology"Ayurvedic preparations]</ref> <ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[httphttps://tropicalhort.thefernspurdue.infoedu/newcrop/morton/viewtropicalwood-apple.php?idhtml Cultivation Details]</ref><ref name=Limonia+acidissima "Uses">Karnataka Aushadhiya Sasyagalu By Dr.Maagadi R Gurudeva, Page no:263</ref><ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat">"Forest food for Northern region of Western Ghats" by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, Page No.105, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation Details"]of Science (MACS) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [https://www.organicfacts.net/health-benefits/fruit/health-benefits-of-wood-apple-or-bel-fruit.html Surprising Benefits Of Wood Apple Or Bael Fruit]
* [http://www.globinmed.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=104652:feronia-limonia-1&catid=199&Itemid=139 glob Glob in med.com]
* [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/14756360903514156 Constituents of Limonia acidissima inhibit LPS-induced nitric oxide production]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Rutaceae]]
