1 What is
1.1 Life Span
1.2 Type
1.3 Origin
Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tropical Indomalaya
Southern Europe, Mediterranean
1.4 Types
Not Available
Not available
1.4.1 Number of Varieties
1.5 Habitat
Dry areas
Maritime Rocks, Stone and Masonry fences and walls
1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone
1.7 AHS Heat Zone
1.8 Sunset Zone
Not Available
1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
1.9 Habit
Not Available
Cushion/Mound-forming
2 Information
2.1 Plant Size
2.1.1 Minimum Height
800.00 cm20.30 cm
0.54
3900
2.1.2 Minimum Width
900.00 cm40.60 cm
0.1
6350
2.2 Plant Color
2.2.1 Flower Color
2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier
2.2.3 Fruit Color
Greyish Brown, Light Green, Not Available
Green
2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring
2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer
2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall
2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter
2.3 Shape
2.3.1 Leaf Shape
Ovate
Long linear and narrow
2.4 Thorns
3 Season
3.1 Plant Season
Autumn
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
3.2 Growing Conditions
3.2.1 Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
3.2.2 Growth Rate
3.2.3 Type of Soil
3.2.4 The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral
Neutral, Alkaline
3.2.5 Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
3.2.6 Bloom Time
Late Fall
Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Fall
3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer
3.3 Tolerances
4 Care
4.1 Where to Plant?
4.2 How to Plant?
Budding, Layering, root cutting, Seedlings
Seedlings, Stem Planting, Transplanting
4.3 Plant Maintenance
4.4 Watering Plants
4.4.1 Watering Requirements
Do not water excessively
Requires regular watering
4.4.2 In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
4.4.3 In Spring
4.4.4 In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
4.5 Soil
4.5.1 Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral
Neutral, Alkaline
4.5.2 Soil Type
4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
4.6 Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
4.7 Pruning
Prune after harvesting, Remove dead or diseased plant parts
Prune in flowering season, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
4.8 Fertilizers
for fruiting plants, use high phosphorous content fertilizer
Any balanced general purpose fertilizer
4.9 Pests and Diseases
Not Available
Caterpillars, Slugs, Snails
4.10 Plant Tolerance
5 Facts
5.1 Flowers
5.1.1 Flower Petal Number
5.2 Fruits
5.2.1 Showy Fruit
5.2.2 Edible Fruit
5.3 Fragrance
5.3.1 Fragrant Flower
5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit
5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf
5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem
5.4 Showy Foliage
5.5 Showy Bark
5.6 Foliage Texture
5.7 Foliage Sheen
5.8 Evergreen
5.9 Invasive
5.10 Self-Sowing
5.11 Attracts
Not Available
Butterflies
5.12 Allergy
6 Benefits
6.1 Uses
6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses
Not Used For Aesthetic Purpose
Beautification, Cottage Garden, Ground Cover, Landscape Designing, Showy Purposes
6.1.2 Beauty Benefits
Good Cleanser
Not Available
6.1.3 Edible Uses
6.1.4 Environmental Uses
Not Available
Agroforestry
6.2 Plant Benefits
6.2.1 Medicinal Uses
Blood cleanser, Diabetes, Ear ache, Energy, Kidney problems, Liver Protection, Malaria, Respiratory Disorders, scurvy, Snakebite
Asthma, Bronchitis, Diarrhea
6.2.2 Part of Plant Used
Fruits
Leaves, Root, Seeds, Stem
6.2.3 Other Uses
Used As Food, Used for its medicinal properties
Used as Ornamental plant, Used in herbal medicines
6.3 Used As Indoor Plant
6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant
6.5 Garden Design
Edible, Fruit Tree
Alpine, Edging, Groundcover, Mixed Border, Rock Garden, Wall
7 Scientific Name
7.1 Botanical Name
Limonia acidissima
IBERIS sempervirens
7.2 Common Name
Wood apple, monkey fruit, curd fruit
Candytuft
7.2.1 In Hindi
7.2.2 In German
Indischer Holzapfel
Schleifenblume
7.2.3 In French
7.2.4 In Spanish
7.2.5 In Greek
7.2.6 In Portuguese
7.2.7 In Polish
Feronia słoniowa
candytuft
7.2.8 In Latin
8 Classification
8.1 Kingdom
8.2 Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliophyta
8.3 Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
8.4 Order
8.5 Family
8.6 Genus
8.7 Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids
8.8 Tribe
8.9 Subfamily
Aurantioideae
Not Applicable
8.10 Number of Species