Bael Fruit (Aegle marmelos L. Correa) is an indigenous fruit known in India from prehistoric times. The bael fruit is native to india, but most commonly found throughout the Indian peninsula (Rahman and Pravin 20014). Bael also grows in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand and most of the southeastern countries (Rakesh et al., 2005). It is a very hardy subtropical, deciduous tree that can thrive well in different soil-climatic conditions (from swampy to dry soils) and can tolerate alkaline soil. Bael is growing wild in Sub-Himalayan tracts from Jhelum eastwards to West Bengal; as well as in central and south India (Tandon and Gupta 2004). Bael tree is up to 15 m tall with bark, short trunk, thick, soft and spiky branches. The bael …show more content…
Kingdom Plantae
Order Sapindales
Family Rutaceae
Genus Aegle Corrêa
Species Aegle Marmelos
Binomial name Aegle marmelos (L.) Corr. Serr.
The ripe fruit of bael is nutritious, sweet aromatic and very pleasant being highly esteemed and eaten by all classes of people (Charoensiddhi and Anuprung 2008). The fruit has excellent odor which is not affected even during processing, thus there is unused potential for processing bael into various products (Singh et al., 2014). The fully mature fruit is not much used in medicines. Half mature fruit are mostly used in medicine (Kumar et al., 2012). The marmelosin content which is found in this fruit is known as “universal remedy of stomach ailments”. The following constituents are reported to be present in this fruit: marmelosin, psoralen, aegelin, scoparone, alloimperatorin, imperatorin, Scopoletin, tannic acid, xanthotoxol, Umbelliferone (Kamalakkannan and Prince 2005).
Table: Nutritional Composition of bael fruit
Nutrient Amount
Moisture (g) 61.0
Protein (g)
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Chattopadhyay (1988) reported that bael is extremely hard tree and grows in all type of soils. It thrives well even in alkaline, Swampy and stony soils having pH range of 5 to 10. Although, for superior growth and yield, well drained, humus soils having pH range from 5.5 to 7.5 is good.
Roy et al., (1979) reported that the three lobed leaves of bael tree are usually used as sacred offerings to “Lord Shiva” according to the Hindu tradition. It has been said that bael tree indicates the presence of underground water. Bael is sub-tropical tree but grows well both in tropical and sub-tropical climate up to an altitude of 1219m. It is medium in size, about 12 to 15 m in height with short trunk, soft, thick, flaking bark. Bael is one of the choicest fruits of arid and semi arid zones due to its drought resistance and tolerate to temperature upto 48°C. Lambole et al., 2010 reported that in Punjab bael grows up to an altitude of 4,000-ft (1200-m) somewhere the temperature rises to 120°F (48.89°C) in summer and descends to 20°F (-6.67°C) in the winter and propagated droughts
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