Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Fruits, Trees
Grass
Origin
Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tropical Indomalaya
Europe, Asia
Types
Feronia limonia, Limonia acidissima
Blue Oat grass
Number of Varieties
1-
0
40000
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Habitat
Dry areas
Cropland, gardens, Grassland, Roadsides
USDA Hardiness Zone
-99994-9
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
-
-
Sunset Zone
-
1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 15, 16, 17, 23, 24
Habit
-
Clump-Forming
Plant Size
Minimum Height
800.00 cm20.50 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
900.00 cm30.50 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
White
Brown
Flower Color Modifier
-
Bicolor
Fruit Color
Greyish Brown, Light Green
Brown
Leaf Color in Spring
Green
Gray Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Dark Green
Light Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Green
Dark Green
Leaf Color in Winter
Gray Green
Tan, Brown
Shape
Leaf Shape
Ovate
Grass like
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Autumn
-
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Growth Rate
Medium
Medium
Type of Soil
Rich
Loam
The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Average
Bloom Time
Late Fall
Early Summer
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground, Pot
Ground
How to Plant?
Budding, Layering, root cutting, Seedlings
Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Low
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Do not water excessively
Does not require lot of watering, Water occasionally
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Type
Rich
Loam
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Average
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Pruning
Prune after harvesting, Remove dead or diseased plant parts
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
for fruiting plants, use high phosphorous content fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
-
Red blotch
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Drought
Flowers
✔
✘
✔
✘
Flower Petal Number
Single
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Medium
-
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
-
-
Allergy
Gastric
Asthma, Itchy eyes
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
-
-
Beauty Benefits
Good Cleanser
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
-
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Blood cleanser, Diabetes, Ear ache, Energy, Kidney problems, Liver Protection, Malaria, Respiratory Disorders, Snakebite
Arthritis, Headache, Stomach pain
Part of Plant Used
Fruits
Whole plant
Other Uses
Used As Food, Used for its medicinal properties
Used as a nutritious food item
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Edible, Fruit Tree
Bedding Plant, Feature Plant, Groundcover
Botanical Name
Limonia acidissima
ARRHENATHERUM
Common Name
Wood apple, monkey fruit, curd fruit
Oatgrass
In Hindi
कबिट
जई घास
In German
Indischer Holzapfel
Ährengras
In French
Kawista
Folle avoine
In Spanish
Kawista
oat Grass
In Greek
γλυκό ασβέστη
βρώμη Grass
In Portuguese
Limonia
aveia-
In Polish
Feronia słoniowa
Owies trawa
In Latin
dulcis ad cinerem
oat Grass
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
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Class
Magnoliopsida
Liliopsida
Order
Sapindales
Poales
Family
Rutaceae
Poaceae
Genus
Limonia
Danthonia
Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Commelinids, Monocots
Tribe
Citreae
Aveneae
Subfamily
Aurantioideae
Danthonioideae
Number of Species
1450
1
27800
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