Limonia acidissima is native to India and Sri Lanka. Some sources include Fiji in the native distribution.
The fruit is used to make a fruit juice with astringent properties and jams. Ripe fruit can be used as “achar- pickle” (mashed with green chilly, sugar and salt only). Another species of this fruit are considered auspicious to be offered to Shiva and Ganesha in pujas. A majority of Hindu temples will have a sacred tree within its compound and is known as the Sthala Vriksha.
Fruit : woody, globose, pale, with sticky pulp, with numerous seeds.
Edible parts : Fruit
Ayurvedic usage : Chronic diarrhoea, Dysentery, Hiccups, Ailments of the gums and throat, Bites of venomous insects, Biliousness, Snake – bite.
Height : about 9 metres (30 ft) tall
Leaves : 10 cm long, leaflets opposite, usually 2 or 3 pairs. Inflorescences axillary.
Flower: small, numerous, white, green or reddish-purplish
Related medicinal properties : Aromatic stimulant, Stomachic
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