Aegle marmelos(L.) Corrêa

Indian baelbael fruit of Indiabel fruit

WFO wfo-0000521533 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Aegle marmelos, photographed by P Jeganathan
fig. a P Jeganathan, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-10-23 / obs. 165259119
Aegle marmelos, photographed by Raja bandi
fig. b Raja bandi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 148726917
Aegle marmelos, photographed by Sabarni Sarker
fig. c Sabarni Sarker, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 117561050
Aegle marmelos, photographed by Mitul and Vijul Singh
fig. d Mitul and Vijul Singh, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197221832
Aegle marmelos, photographed by Jay Pruett
fig. e Jay Pruett, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 175479702
Aegle marmelos, photographed by P Jeganathan
fig. f P Jeganathan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 70399155
Aegle marmelos, photographed by Ajit Ampalakkad
fig. g Ajit Ampalakkad, CC0 1.0 / obs. 157881855
Aegle marmelos, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. h Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 60694291

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Native range 6 botanical countries

Regions where Aegle marmelos is native: Assam, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya AssamBangladeshIndiaNepalPakistanWest Himalaya
Native distribution of Aegle marmelos, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
India IND
Nepal NEP
Pakistan PAK
West Himalaya WHM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 8 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Aegle marmelos var. mahurensis Zate
  • Aegle marmelos var. tamilnadensis (S.A.Kader) D.D.Pramanick & Mastakar
  • Aegle tamilnadensis S.A.Kader
  • Belou marmelos (L.) A.Lyons
  • Bilacus marmelos (L.) Kuntze
  • Crateva marmelos L.
  • Crateva religiosa Ainslie
  • Feronia pellucida Roth

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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