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MT013 : Aegle marmelos L.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 70  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Sapindales
Family : Rutaceae - Rue family
Genus : Aegle Corr. Serr. - aegle
Species : Aegle marmelos (L.) Corr. Serr.
Plant Location in Melghat : Dhargad, Kelpani, however frequent in Rangjubeli  
Plant Category : Tree  
Plant's Current Status : Common  
Plant Family : Rutaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Bel, K-Bela. Sarawan, G-Mahaka, Bel, Beli fruit, Bengal quince, Stone apple, Wood apple • Hindi: Bel • Manipuri: Heirikhagok • Marathi: Maredu • Tamil: Vilvam • Malayalam: Vilvam • Telugu: Sandiliyamu • Kannada: Bilvapatre • Bengali: Bel • Konkani: Bello • Urdu: Bel • Assamese: Bel • Gujarati: Bili • Sanskrit: Adhararuha, Sivadrumah, Tripatra
 
Synonym : Aegle marmelos var. mahurensis B.R. Zate.
Belou marmelos (L.) Lyons.
Bilacus marmelos (L.) Kuntze.
Crateva marmelos L.
Feronia pellucida Roth.
Description : Tree to 12 m tall, deciduous; branchlets cylindric, sometimes slightly angled, glabrous; spines axillary, solitary or paired, straight, stout and sharp. Leaves alternate-3-foliolate, sometimes 5-foliolate, dimorphic; petioles terete to 6 cm long, glabrous or puberulous when young; leaflets subsessile, ovate-elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, oblique at base, shallowly crenate-serrate at margin, tapering at apex, membranous, pellucid-punctate, pale green. Inflorescences axillary and terminal, racemose or corymbose, few-flowered, 4-5 cm long; peduncles densely puberulent; pedicels 2-4 mm long. Flowers bisexual, greenish white or yellow, fragrant. Calyx cupular, finely puberulent, caducous; lobes 4 or 5, 3-angled. Petals 5, ovate-oblong, subequal, ca 12 x 6 mm, spreading, glabrous, fleshy and white. Stamens numerous in 2 or 3 series, free or basally subconnate, unequal; filaments subulate, ca 7 mm long, glandular; anthers linear-oblong, ca 8 mm long. Disc glabrous, greenish. Ovary ovoid, 4-5 mm long, faintly ridged, 10-loculed; ovules many, 2-seriate; style short; stigma oblong, longitudinally grooved. Berries ovoid, 6-10 cm across, woody, yellowish, many seeded; seeds oblong and flat.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : Mulvyadh, Kawil, Pitta The different parts of Bael are used for various therapeutic purposes, such as for treatment of Asthma, Anaemia, Fractures, Healing of Wounds, Swollen Joints, High Blood Pressure, Jaundice, Diarrhea Healthy Mind and Brain Typhoid Troubles during Pregnancy. Ant diabetic Activity, Hepatoprotective activity, Antimicrobial Activity, Analgesic anti-inflammatory, & anti-pyretic Activity, anti-fungal Activity, Anti-cancer Activity (Wal et al., 2015), Radioprotective Activity, Antispermatogenic Activity, anti-ulcer Activity, Anti thyroid Activity, Toxicity Studies and antiDiarrheal. The dried pulp is astringent. It reduces irritation in the digestive tract and is an excellent remedy in cases of Diarrhea and dysentery. A decoction of the astringent unripe fruit, combined with fennel and ginger, is prescribed in cases of haemorrhoids.
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : Skimmianine
Aegeline
Lupeol
Cineol
Citral
Citronella
Cuminaldehyde
Eugenol
Marmesinine
Fagarine
Marmin
Marmelosin
Luvangetin
Aurapten
Psoralen
Marmelide
Tannin
furocoumarins
xanthotoxol
alloimperatorin
Aeglin
Rutin
Gamma-sitosterol
Beta-sitosterol
Flavone
Cineol
Glycoside
O-isopentenyl
Halfordiol
Marmeline
Citronellal
Cuminaldehyde phenylethyl cinnamamides
Marmesinin
Marmelosin
Luvangetin
Aurapten
Marmelide
Fagarine
Marmin
D-limonene
A-D-phellandrene
Cineol
P-cyrnene
Cumin aldehyde
Aeglemarmelosine
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~ Sanjeev Kumar, Rakesh Kumar Mahaseth, Mukesh Tiwari, Ratika Sehgal, Preety Rajora, and Rajani Mathur; "Interaction of aqueous leaf extract of Aegle marmelos (L.) Corr. with cholinergic, serotonergic and adrenergic receptors: An ex vivo study"; Indian J Pharmacol. (2015); 47(1): 109-113 PMID : 25821322

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