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Aegle marmelos

(L.) Corrêa (1800)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Sapindales Family: Rutaceae Genus: Aegle

bael, bengal quince, stone apple

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Description

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Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Trans. Linn. Soc. London 5: 223 (1800)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Aegle marmelos King St., Bd. of Agric. and Forestry, Honolulu Preserved_Specimen MacDaniels, L.H. 437 Oahu BISH 1927-01-13
2 Aegle marmelos Honolulu in garden of Clarence Cooke Preserved_Specimen Cooke, C.M. Oahu BISH 1916-03-01
3 Aegle marmelos Honolulu, Punahou and Clark Sts. Preserved_Specimen Tree, 20 ft tall, flowers whitish, fruit with sweet syrup. St.John, H. 20301 Oahu BISH 1942-07-01
4 Aegle marmelos Punahou and Clark Sts., Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Fl. whitish. Fr. with sweet syrup St.John, H. 20301 Oahu BISH 1942-07-07
5 Aegle marmelos Koloa, Lawai Valley, NTBG, Medicinal Area, Map #92 Preserved_Specimen Tree of 15'. Leaves matte green above, paler, slightly glossy below; fruit pale green to yellow green, woody, pellucid gland dots. Leaves with strong tangy-citrus odor when crushed. Sucker growth spiny Flynn, T.W. 6811 Kauai BISH 2001-06-06
6 Aegle marmelos Koloa, Lawai, NTBG, Medicinal Area Preserved_Specimen 20' tree; leaves dull to matte, medium to pale green; older stems with 1-2 spines at nodes; flowers fragrant, 2 pm; buds; petals pale green, darker oil glands, opening and recurving pale greenish white aging brownish purple, cream margin; petals 4-5; fruit tennis ball size, hard, brownish Flynn, T.W. 7268 Kauai BISH 2005-09-01
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