Limonia acidissima |
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| Author : L. |
| Family : Rutaceae |
Habit:Medium tree
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| Sanskrit: Kapitthah |
| English: Elephant apple, Wood apple, Curd fruit, Monkey fruit |
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| Description |
| Semi-deciduous, small trees, up to 10 m high, armed with axillary sharp spines, greyish or whitish bark, alternate, imparipinnate, narrowly winged leaves, 5-7 opposite, obovate leaflets, small, reddish when young, turning to pale-yellowish, flowers in axillary and terminal many-flowered racemes, woody, globose yellowish-brown fruits containing numerous, oblong, slightly compressed, hairy seeds embedded in sweet-sour mucilaginous pulp. |
| Useful part |
Bark, leaves, gum, fruits |
| Medicinal Uses |
Stomach troubles, diarrhoea, vomiting, cough, bronchitis, hiccough, cardiac debility, dysentery, diseases of mouth, tumours, asthma, consumption, eye diseases, headache, leucorrhoea, wounds, ulcers, bleeding, diabetes |
| Major chemical constituents |
geranyl umbelliferone, bergapten, osthol, xanthotoxin, marmesin, marmin, methychavicol |