1 What is
1.1 Life Span
Perennial
1.2 Type
Fruits, Trees
1.3 Origin
Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tropical Indomalaya
1.4 Types
Not Available
1.4.1 Number of Varieties
1.5 Habitat
Dry areas
1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone
1.7 AHS Heat Zone
Not Available
1.8 Sunset Zone
Not Available
1.9 Habit
Not Available
2 Information
2.1 Plant Size
2.1.1 Minimum Height
2.1.2 Minimum Width
2.2 Plant Color
2.2.1 Flower Color
White
2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier
Not Available
2.2.3 Fruit Color
Greyish Brown, Light Green, Not Available
2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring
Green
2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer
Dark Green
2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall
Green
2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter
Gray Green
2.3 Shape
2.3.1 Leaf Shape
Ovate
2.4 Thorns
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3 Season
3.1 Plant Season
Autumn
3.2 Growing Conditions
3.2.1 Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
3.2.2 Growth Rate
Medium
3.2.3 Type of Soil
Rich
3.2.4 The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral
3.2.5 Soil Drainage
Well drained
3.2.6 Bloom Time
Late Fall
3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer
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3.3 Tolerances
Drought
4 Care
4.1 Where to Plant?
Ground, Pot
4.2 How to Plant?
Budding, Layering, root cutting, Seedlings
4.3 Plant Maintenance
Low
4.4 Watering Plants
4.4.1 Watering Requirements
Do not water excessively
4.4.2 In Summer
Lots of watering
4.4.3 In Spring
Moderate
4.4.4 In Winter
Average Water
4.5 Soil
4.5.1 Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral
4.5.2 Soil Type
Rich
4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
4.6 Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
4.7 Pruning
Prune after harvesting, Remove dead or diseased plant parts
4.8 Fertilizers
for fruiting plants, use high phosphorous content fertilizer
4.9 Pests and Diseases
Not Available
4.10 Plant Tolerance
Drought
5 Facts
5.1 Flowers
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5.1.1 Flower Petal Number
Single
5.2 Fruits
5.2.1 Showy Fruit
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5.2.2 Edible Fruit
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5.3 Fragrance
5.3.1 Fragrant Flower
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5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit
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5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf
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5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem
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5.4 Showy Foliage
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5.5 Showy Bark
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5.6 Foliage Texture
Medium
5.7 Foliage Sheen
Matte
5.8 Evergreen
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5.9 Invasive
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5.10 Self-Sowing
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5.11 Attracts
Not Available
5.12 Allergy
Gastric
6 Benefits
6.1 Uses
6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses
Not Used For Aesthetic Purpose
6.1.2 Beauty Benefits
Good Cleanser
6.1.3 Edible Uses
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6.1.4 Environmental Uses
Not Available
6.2 Plant Benefits
6.2.1 Medicinal Uses
Blood cleanser, Diabetes, Ear ache, Energy, Kidney problems, Liver Protection, Malaria, Respiratory Disorders, scurvy, Snakebite
6.2.2 Part of Plant Used
Fruits
6.2.3 Other Uses
Used As Food, Used for its medicinal properties
6.3 Used As Indoor Plant
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6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant
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6.5 Garden Design
Edible, Fruit Tree
7 Scientific Name
7.1 Botanical Name
Limonia acidissima
7.2 Common Name
Wood apple, monkey fruit, curd fruit
7.2.1 In Hindi
कबिट
7.2.2 In German
Indischer Holzapfel
7.2.3 In French
Kawista
7.2.4 In Spanish
Kawista
7.2.5 In Greek
γλυκό ασβέστη
7.2.6 In Portuguese
Limonia
7.2.7 In Polish
Feronia słoniowa
7.2.8 In Latin
dulcis ad cinerem
8 Classification
8.1 Kingdom
Plantae
8.2 Phylum
Magnoliophyta
8.3 Class
Magnoliopsida
8.4 Order
Sapindales
8.5 Family
Rutaceae
8.6 Genus
Limonia
8.7 Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots
8.8 Tribe
Citreae
8.9 Subfamily
Aurantioideae
8.10 Number of Species