Aegle marmelos

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sapindales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Rutaceae
Subfamilia: Aurantioideae
Tribus: Aurantieae
Subtribus: Balsamocitrinae
Genus: Aegle
Species:

Name

Aegle marmelos (L.) Corrêa, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 5: 223 (1800)

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Crateva marmelos L., Sp. Pl. 444. (1753).
  • Homotypic
    • Belou marmelos (L.) Lyons, Pl. Nam. ed. 2: 69. (1907).
    • Bilacus marmelos (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 99. 1891.
  • Heterotypic
    • Aegle marmelos var. mahurensis Zate, Indian J. Forest. 5: 36. (1982).
    • Crateva religiosa Ainslie, Mat. Med. Hindoostan 124. (1813), nom. illeg. non G.Forst. (1786).
    • Feronia pellucida Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 384. (1821).
    • Aegle tamilnadensis Kader in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 39: 544 (2015 publ. 2016), no specimen designated as type.
    • Aegle marmelos var. tamilnadensis (S.A.Kader) D.D.Pramanick & Mastakar in S.S.Dash & A.A.Mao (eds.), Fl. Pl. India Annot. Checkl. Dicot. 1: 225 (2020), not validly publ.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Asia-Tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya

Introduced into Andaman Is., Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, East Himalaya, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Trinidad-Tobago, Vietnam


References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Vernacular names

  • অসমীয়া: বেল
  • বাংলা: বেল
  • Deutsch: Bengalische Quitte
  • English: Bael, Bengal quince, Stone apple
  • suomi: Belahedelmä
  • ગુજરાતી: બિલી, બેલ
  • हिन्दी: बिल्व, बेल
  • Bahasa Indonesia: Maja
  • ಕನ್ನಡ: ಬಿಲ್ವ
  • മലയാളം: കൂവളം
  • मराठी: बेल, बेलफळ
  • नेपाली: बेल
  • Nederlands: Slijmappel
  • ଓଡ଼ିଆ: ବେଲ
  • ਪੰਜਾਬੀ: ਬੇਲ
  • संस्कृतम्: बिल्वः
  • தமிழ்: வில்வம்
  • తెలుగు: బిల్వ చెట్టు
  • ไทย: มะตูม
  • Türkçe: Hint ayvası
  • اردو: بیل
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