1 What is
1.1 Life Span
1.2 Type
1.3 Origin
Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tropical Indomalaya
Eastern Asia, China
1.4 Types
1.4.1 Number of Varieties
1.5 Habitat
Dry areas
Lake margins, River side, Swamps, Waste areas
1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone
1.7 AHS Heat Zone
1.8 Sunset Zone
Not Available
3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
1.9 Habit
2 Information
2.1 Plant Size
2.1.1 Minimum Height
800.00 cm910.00 cm
0.54
3900
2.1.2 Minimum Width
900.00 cm460.00 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
Not Available
2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring
2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer
Dark Green
Green, Light Green
2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall
Green
Light Yellow, Yellow green
2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter
2.3 Shape
2.3.1 Leaf Shape
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, Partial Sun
3.2.2 Growth Rate
3.2.3 Type of Soil
3.2.4 The pH of Soil
3.2.5 Soil Drainage
3.2.6 Bloom Time
Late Fall
Early Spring, Spring
3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer
3.3 Tolerances
Drought
Drought, Soil Compaction, Wet Site
4 Care
4.1 Where to Plant?
4.2 How to Plant?
Budding, Layering, root cutting, Seedlings
Divison, Rooted stem cutting, Stem Planting, Transplanting
4.3 Plant Maintenance
4.4 Watering Plants
4.4.1 Watering Requirements
Do not water excessively
Keep ground moist, Requires consistently moist soil, Requires regular watering, Requires watering in the growing season
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
4.5.2 Soil Type
4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity
4.6 Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
4.7 Pruning
Prune after harvesting, Remove dead or diseased plant parts
Prune if you want to improve plant shape, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead leaves
4.8 Fertilizers
for fruiting plants, use high phosphorous content fertilizer
Compost, fertilize every 2-3 weeks while growing, fertilize in growing season
4.9 Pests and Diseases
Not Available
Aphids, Beetles, Caterpillars, Red blotch
4.10 Plant Tolerance
Drought
Drought, Wet Site
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
Not Available
5.12 Allergy
6 Benefits
6.1 Uses
6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses
Not Used For Aesthetic Purpose
Beautification, Landscape Designing, Showy Purposes
6.1.2 Beauty Benefits
Good Cleanser
No Beauty Benefits
6.1.3 Edible Uses
6.1.4 Environmental Uses
Not Available
Air purification, Erosion control, Food for birds, Food for insects, Nesting sites for birds, Prevent Soil Erosion, Shadow Tree, Shelter for wildlife, Versatility
6.2 Plant Benefits
6.2.1 Medicinal Uses
Blood cleanser, Diabetes, Ear ache, Energy, Kidney problems, Liver Protection, Malaria, Respiratory Disorders, scurvy, Snakebite
Headache, Sedative, Stomach pain
6.2.2 Part of Plant Used
6.2.3 Other Uses
Used As Food, Used for its medicinal properties
Showy Purposes, Used as firewood, Used as Ornamental plant
6.3 Used As Indoor Plant
6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant
6.5 Garden Design
Edible, Fruit Tree
Cutflower, Dried Flower/Everlasting, Feature Plant, Shade Trees
7 Scientific Name
7.1 Botanical Name
Limonia acidissima
SALIX babylonica f. tortuosa
7.2 Common Name
Wood apple, monkey fruit, curd fruit
Corkscrew Willow
7.2.1 In Hindi
7.2.2 In German
Indischer Holzapfel
Korkenzieher-Weide
7.2.3 In French
Kawista
Tire-bouchon Willow
7.2.4 In Spanish
Kawista
Tire-bouchon Willow
7.2.5 In Greek
γλυκό ασβέστη
τιρμπουσόν Willow
7.2.6 In Portuguese
Limonia
corkscrew salgueiro
7.2.7 In Polish
Feronia słoniowa
korkociąg Willow
7.2.8 In Latin
dulcis ad cinerem
corkscrew Willow
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
Salicoideae
8.10 Number of Species