Beli/Aegle marmelos

 


Botanical name-Aegle marmelos
Family name:- RUTACEAE
Names in different languages:

    English name:Bael fruit tree

    Sinhala name:Beli
    Tamil name:Aluvigam  

     Sanskrit :Bilva, Sriphal, Pootivat, Lakshmiputra, Shiveshta

Grows in:-Sri Lanka,India, Pakistan, southern Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Bangladesh,Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand. It is cultivated throughout India, as well as in Sri Lanka, the northern Malay Peninsula, Java, the Philippin
Status:-Under cultivation
Edible parts:-Fruits, Flowers
Ayurvedic usage:

 Treatment for:-Piles, Fevers, Body odour, Nervous system diseases, Headache, Constipation, Dysentery, Excessive thirst,Nausea   

 A large tree with fruit-shell containing a yellow sweet pulp. Flowers and tender leaves are used to make herbal tea. Fruit helps digestion
 
Parts used to make medicine:
Root,,Fruit,Flower,Leaves

Propagation: Soods

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                            CURATIVE VALUE OF BELI TREE

The fresh flower of the Beli tree (Aegle narmelos) are bound over the eye in Ophthalmia. Indian Rose water is supposed to be distilled from beli flower.A infusion of beli flower clears the sediment collected in the kidney. A hot poultice of the leaves can be applied to the eye in Ophthalmia.

A hot poultice of the beli leaves is applied on the head when in a delirium.The

Same poultice is applied on the chest in acute bronchitis. The roots and the fruits are more commonly used  in medicine. Beli root is on one of the ingredients in the DASAMUL (Ten medicine) decoction. The root bark is regarded as a corrector of the imbalance of water, and is prescribed as a decoction for continuous fever, melancholia and palpitation of hart.

Both ripe and unripe beli fruits are used in medicine. The unripe or half rioe fruit is an astringent and aid to digestion.It is used in dysentery and in diarrhoea. It is particularly useful  in chronic diarrhoea and in dysentery in children.It is very effective remedy for irritation of the alimentary canal. As traditional medicineThe half ripe fruit along with roasted rice is given for bleed in haemorrhoids. The fresh half ripe fruit can be sliced and dried in the sun. These are powdered and poured Like tea and taken every morning  and evening as a drink in the case of bleeding piles. The ripe fruit is aromatic, cooling and laxative.The pulp of the half ripe fruit dried in the sun and powdered can be given with treacle for any kind of bleeding from anus. The ripe fruit is edible and is useful both in constipation, diarrhoea and dyspepsia. The sherbet of the ripe fruit is very cooling drink.

An infusion of the beli root and vilanda(pori) with a little sugar or no sugar is a Refreshing drink for thirst, specially in the hot season.

The beli tree is prized for its value in medicine. In India and in Pakistan people make other uses of this tree. It is a pale aromatic hard wood and it takes a fine polish. The wood is used in carving. In the villages of Sri Lanka, people make beautiful walking sticks and handles for tools.

Source :HERBAL FOOD and MEDICINE in SRI LANKA