Preview |
Title: Bael Description: Bael (Aegle marmelos L.) is one of the medicinal tree having tremendous therapeutic potential. It belongs to the family Rutaceae, the family of citrus fruits. It is originated from Eastern Ghats and Central India and was identified by Hiuen Tsiang, the Chinese Buddhist pilgrim who came to India in 1629 A.D. who noticed the presence of this tree along with other trees in the region (Sambamoorthy and Subramanian, 1989). It is indigenous to Indian subcontinent and mainly found in tropical and subtropical regions. The tree is also found as a wild tree, in lower ranges of Himalayas upto an elevation of 500 meters. Bael is found growing along foothills of Himalayas, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Uttaranchal, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, the Deccan Plateau and along the East Coast (Ansary, 2005). Author: B.Venudevan, P.Srimathi, M. Ameer Junaithal Begum Language: English
Buy Now|INR 60
|
Other Books