Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Fruits, Trees
Grass
Origin
Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tropical Indomalaya
South-Eastern Asia, Asia
Types
Feronia limonia, Limonia acidissima
Korean Lawngrass , Meyer Zoysiagrass , Manilagrass
Number of Varieties
17
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40000
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Habitat
Dry areas
Lower slopes, Sandy stream banks
USDA Hardiness Zone
-99998-11
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
-
12 - 9
Sunset Zone
-
H1, H2, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Habit
-
Clump-Forming
Plant Size
Minimum Height
800.00 cm2.50 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
900.00 cm30.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
White
Green, Light Green
Flower Color Modifier
-
Bicolor
Fruit Color
Greyish Brown, Light Green
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Leaf Color in Spring
Green
Light Green, Dark Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Dark Green
Light Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Green
Green, Yellow green, Gold
Leaf Color in Winter
Gray Green
Gold, Tan
Shape
Leaf Shape
Ovate
Grass like
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Autumn
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Growth Rate
Medium
Very Slow
Type of Soil
Rich
Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Average
Bloom Time
Late Fall
-
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
Drought, Salt, Soil Compaction
Where to Plant?
Ground, Pot
Ground
How to Plant?
Budding, Layering, root cutting, Seedlings
Sod, Sprigging or Stolonizing
Plant Maintenance
Low
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Do not water excessively
weekly regular
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, Alkaline
Soil Type
Rich
Loam, Sand
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
-
Army-worms, sod webworms
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
Fine
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
-
Crickets
Allergy
Gastric
-
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
-
Beautification, Cottage Garden, Farmland, Ground Cover, Landscape Designing
Beauty Benefits
Good Cleanser
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
-
Provides ground cover, soil erosion prevension on hill slopes
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Blood cleanser, Diabetes, Ear ache, Energy, Kidney problems, Liver Protection, Malaria, Respiratory Disorders, Snakebite
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Part of Plant Used
Fruits
Whole plant
Other Uses
Used As Food, Used for its medicinal properties
Used as a golf course turf
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Edible, Fruit Tree
Container, Edging, Groundcover, Lawns and Turf, Mixed Border, Rock Garden / Wall, Tropical
Botanical Name
Limonia acidissima
ZOYSIA tenuifolia
Common Name
Wood apple, monkey fruit, curd fruit
Korean Velvet Grass
In Hindi
कबिट
कोरियाई मखमल घास
In German
Indischer Holzapfel
Korean Samt Gras
In French
Kawista
herbe de velours coréenne
In Spanish
Kawista
hierba de terciopelo de Corea
In Greek
γλυκό ασβέστη
hierba de terciopelo de Corea
In Portuguese
Limonia
grama de veludo coreano
In Polish
Feronia słoniowa
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In Latin
dulcis ad cinerem
Carl herba
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Angiosperms
Class
Magnoliopsida
Monocotyledonae
Order
Sapindales
Cyperales
Family
Rutaceae
Poaceae
Genus
Limonia
Zoysia Willd
Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots
Commelinids
Tribe
Citreae
Cynodonteae
Subfamily
Aurantioideae
Chloridoideae
Number of Species
13
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27800
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