Limonia acidissima Kapittha Wood apple

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Limonia acidissima

Scientific Name and Description

Limonia acidissima Grof
Limonia acidissima L.

Herb Family

Rutaceae

Plant type

Tree

Plant Synonyms

Feronia elephantum CORREA
Feronia limonia (L.) SWINGLE
Anisifolium Rumph. ex Kuntze
Feronia Corrêa
Hesperethusa M.Roem.
Winterlia Dennst.
Species:[2]

Schinus limonia L.
Crateva balangas K.D.Koenig
Crateva vallanga J.Koenig ex Wight & Arn.
Anisifolium curvispina (Miq.) Kuntze
Anisifolium limonia Kuntze
Anisifolium spectabile (Miq.) Kuntze
Feronia balanghas (K.D.Koenig) Steud.
Feronia elephantum Corrêa
Feronia limonia (L.) Swingle
Hesperethusa acidissima (L.) M.Roem.
Hesperethusa ambigua M.Roem.
Limonia ambigua DC.
Limonia curvispina Miq.
Limonia dulcis J.F.Gmel.
Limonia elephantum (Corrêa) Panigrahi
Limonia engleriana Perkins
Limonia pinnatifolia Houtt.
Limonia spectabilis Miq.
Murraya odorata Blanco

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi	Bilva
Tamil	Vilva
Telugu	Velaga
Kannada	Bela
English	elephant apple, wood apple
Hindi	barnah, barnahi billan, barnasi, beli, bernahi, bhuin-kat-bel, bilan, bilin, kait, kaith, kaitha, katbel, katori, kavat, kavita, kavitha, kawat, kaweet, ket-bel, khatha, kobitha
Kannada	aranamullu, aruna mullu, arunamullu, baela, baelada, baelada hannina mara, baelada mara, baelada-phala, baeladahannu, baeladakaayi, baloola kaayi, baluvali, bel, bela, belada, belada mara, beladamara, belagada, belahannu, belakudi, belal, belala, belaruhi, belathumara, belavina, belawala-kai, bellavatta, bigala, bilva-phala, bilwar, byaalada mara, byala, dadhiphala, dantashatha, danthasatha, danthashata, graaha, graha, kaadu baela, kadbela, kadinimbi, kadubela, kadunimbe, kaduvelada, kapithha, kapittha, kapitthamalura, kotamiria, kottundaro, malura, malura mara, manmadha, manmatha mara, naibel, naibela, naibyalada, nayibel, nayibela, nimbai, pushpaphala
Malayalam	cerukattunarakam, cherrukatnarragam, cherukattunarakam, dadhimpham, dadhiphala, kapittham, katnaragam, kattunarakam, manmatham, mlanka, naivelam, tsjeroukatounarigam, tsjerucaatnaregam, velaga, velanga, velavu, vila, vilanga, vilankai, vilannu, vilarmaram, vilatthi, vilavu, vilva
Marathi	kauth, kavat, kavath, kavatha, kaveet, kavith, kavitpana, kawat, kovit, sit-ranlimbi
Sanskrit	akshasasya, atha, bhu-kapittham, bhukapidtha-phalam, bhukapittha, bilin, chirpaki, dadhi-phala, dadhinama, dadhiphala, dadhittha, dantaphala, dantashllika, devapadadhya, gandhaphala, gopakarna, grahi, grahiphala, granthiphala, kagittha, kapi-priya, kapidthaphalam, kapipriya, kapishtha, kapitha, kapittha, kapitthah, karanjaphalaka, kasabhavallabha, kathinyaphala, kavittha, kuchaphala, malura, mangalya, manmatha, phalasugandha, pushpaphala
Tamil	aritakaracceti, atcaracamuttirappalam, camuttira, ceru, cerukamaram, cirapattiram, cirrula, cirrulacceti, cootivella, cutamarkkam, cuvacakacakkini, cuvacakacakkinipokki, iccapam, iyalputikacceti, iyalputikam2, kabittam, kaki, kakimam, kapittam,kakimamaram, karancapalakam, karapavallavam, karayavallavam, karuvila, kantapalai, karuvilam, katantiracceti, katantiram, katippakai, katippakai1, kavittam, kina, kinaicaramaram, kirakipalam, kirantipalam, kucapalam, kuti vilam, kuttakam, kuttakamaram, kuttittevi, kuttittevimaram, kuttivila, kuttivilacceti, kuttvila, kuvilamatikam, kuvilamatikamaram, mattikeyam, mattikeyamaram, mayakan, narivila, narivirai, nellavilam, nila-vilam, nilavila, nilavila2, nilavoolla, niramalam, niramalu, nirvila, norivila, paruvila, pavikayam, pavikayamaram, peruvila, pitavila, pittuvila, pulimokam, pumivila,savarilottiram, silangam, sirittam, suppiyam, takanacani, tantacatam, tantapalam, tantapalati, tantapalatimaram, taraivilam, tillakam1, tiruvattam, velam, velan, vellil, vellilai, vellilatti, vellilottiram, velliyam, vikam pazham, vila, vilaa, vilaivu, vilakpittam, vilamaram, vilampalam, vilanga, vilankam,vilankay maram, vilaphalam, vilatti, vilavu, virukarpatal, virukarpatali, viruttamali, viruttamalimaram, vullam pisin
Telugu	elaga, elaka, kapithhamu, kapitthamu, kavit, nelavelaga, parupuvelaga, pulivelaga, pullaveraga, pushpa-phalamu, pushpaphalamu, taruvelaga, tholuvelaga, thorelaga, thorrivelaga, tolielaga, tollivelam, torelega, toriallega, toriyelaka, torravelaga, torravelagu, torrayelaka, torriyelaka, vallanga, vela, velaga, velagachettu, velagapandu, velga, yellaga, yellaka, yellanga
Tibetan	ka bi ta, ka pi ta, ka-pi-rtha
Urdu	kaitha
Common names	Wood Apple, Bilva,wood-apple,elephant-apple, monkey fruit.

Plants Medicinal Value

Medicinal Systems

Ayurved

Unani

Siddha

Folk

Herb usable parts

Rhizome

Bark

Leaves

Fruits

Whole plant

Ethanomedical Uses

Ethnopharmacology use

Limonia acidissima L. Rutaceae Vilampalam Tree Fruits Juice Anti-obesity

Limonia acidissima Groff Tree Leaves, bark, fruit, rhizome Insect bites; diarrhoea; dysentery; snake bite; diabetes; rheumatoid arthritis; breathing trouble; cuts General Arjunan et al. 2016, Rao et al. 2006