Common Name
English : Bael tree/Stone apple/Bangle quince
Hindi : Bel/ Siriphal
Manipuri : Heiri khagok
Scientific Name
Group : Angiosperm (Dicotyledon)
Family : Rutaceae
Genus : Aegle
Species : marmelos Correa ex. Roxb.
Habit : Small tree
Parts Used : Root, Fruit, Stem, Bark & Leaf
Mode of Preparation : Tender leaves for fresh consumption. Tender leaves crushed with milk for juice. Ripe
fruit crushed for extract. Tender leaves crushed with honey for juice. Plants is
associated with religious purpose.
Mode of use : Fresh
Ingredients : Fruit contains marmelosin, young bark contains coumarin and umbelliferone, old
bark has umbelliferone and coumarin. Leaves are having essential oil, consisting of
α & β phellandrene. Matured bark contains fragrine, umbelliferone, marmesin, sterols
and triterpenoids. Leaves contain 0.6% essential oil and d-lemonene.
Ailment Treated : The ripe fruits are astringent, aromatic, cooling, laxative, digestive, stomachic and are
good for heart and brain. The tender leaves with milk is used in diabetes, dyspepsia,
hepatitis, fever and bronchitis.The juice of the leaves mixed with honey is given in
jaundice. Seed gum is given in colitis. Pulp of roasted green fruit is given in chronic
stomach disorders. Ripe fruit pulp extract in water is taken in empty stomach in the
early morning to cure stomach ulcer, dyspepsia and dysentery. Root bark is used in
intermittent fevers. Unripe fruits are bitter, acrid and used for digestion and diarrhoea.
Source : Generally cultivated as sacred plant.
Bael
Asit K. Ghosh CC BY-SA 3.
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