SCIENTIFIC NAME :
Limonia Acidissima
MEDICINAL VALUE :
Ensures regular smooth bowel habits. Reduces breast cancer. Increases the progesterone hormone levels. It helps in the treatment of Urticaria.
NUTRIENT VALUE :
Rich in beta-carotene, significant quantities of the B vitamins thiamine and riboflavin and small amounts of Vitamin C. Wood apple is rich in oxalic, malic, citric acid and a concentrated tannic acid.
CULINERY AND OTHER VALUES :
The fruit is eaten plain, blended into an assortment of drinks and sweets or well-preserved as jam. The scooped-out pulp from its fruits is eaten uncooked with or without sugar.
GLOSSARY :
- English : Wood Apple
- Tamil : Vilampazham
- Malayalam : Vilampazham
- Telugu : Velega Pandu / Volaga
- Kannada : Kaadu Bilwapatre / Nayi Bela / Baelada Hannu / Bele
- Hindi : Kaith / Katha
- Bengali : Kathbel
- Gujarati : Kothu / Kotha
- Konkani : Belpatre
- Marathi : Kavath
- Oriya : Kaitha / Kaintha
- Punjabi : Katha
