Wood Apple

 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