Wood apple is a common name for several trees of
Aurantioideae
Aurantioideae (sometimes known as Citroideae) is the subfamily within the rue and citrus family (Rutaceae) that contains the citrus. The subfamily's center of diversity is in the monsoon region of eastern Australasia, extending west through South ...
with edible fruits and may refer to:
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Aegle marmelos
''Aegle marmelos'', commonly known as bael (or ''bili'' or ''bhel''), also Bengal quince, golden apple, Japanese bitter orange, stone apple or wood apple, is a rare species of tree native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is pre ...
'' ("Bael" in Hindi), a tree native to India
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Limonia acidissima
''Limonia acidissima'' is the only species within the monotypic genus ''Limonia''. Common names for the species in English include wood-apple and elephant-apple. It is sometimes also called monkey fruit.
Description
''Limonia acidissima'' is a l ...
'' ("Vellaga pandu" in Telugu, "Belada Hannu" in Kannada, "Velam Pazham" or "Vizhaam Pazham" in Tamil, Diwul(දිවුල්) in Sinhala), a tree native to South Asia and Southeast Asia east to Java
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