Bel Patra/Aegle Marmelos/Bilva Patra

Name : Bel Patra/Aegle Marmelos/Bilva Patra

Product Breadth : 10 Cm

Product Height : 10 Cm

Product Length : 10 Cm

Add Ons : Na

Net Quantity (N) : Pack Of 1

Aegle marmelos is a deciduous shrub or small to medium-sized tree, up to 13 metres (43 feet) tall with slender drooping branches and rather open, irregular crown.[10]

The bark is pale brown or grayish, smooth or finely fissured and flaking, armed with long straight spines, 1.2–2.5 centimetres (1?2–1 inch) singly or in pairs, often with slimy sap oozing out from cut parts. The gum is also described as a clear, gummy sap, resembling gum arabic, which exudes from wounded branches and hangs down in long strands, becoming gradually solid. It is sweet at first taste and then irritating to the throat.[8]

The leaf is trifoliate, alternate, each leaflet 5–14 cm (2–5+1?2 in) x 2–6 cm (3?4–2+1?4 in), ovate with tapering or pointed tip and rounded base, untoothed or with shallow rounded teeth. Young leaves are pale green or pinkish, finely hairy while mature leaves are dark green and completely smooth. Each leaf has 4–12 pairs of side veins which are joined at the margin.

The flowers are 1.5 to 2 cm, pale green or yellowish, sweetly scented, bisexual, in short drooping unbranched clusters at the end of twigs and leaf axils. They usually appear with young leaves. The calyx is flat with 4(5) small teeth. The four or five petals of 6–8 millimetres (1?4–3?8 in) overlap in the bud. Many stamens have short filaments and pale brown, short style anthers. The ovary is bright green with an incons

Country of Origin : India