Divul
Scientific name: Limonia acidissima
Family name: RUTACEAE
English name: Wood apple
Local name: Divul
Description: Small tree, to 7 m tall, the spines to 4 cm long. Leaves 10 cm long, leaflets opposite, usually 2 or 3 pairs. Inflorescences axillary. Flowers small, numerous, white, green or reddish-ourplish. Fruits woody, globose, pale, with sticky pulp; seeds numerous.
Status: Native
Edible parts: Fruit
Ayurvedic Treatments- Chronic diarrhea
Dysentery
Hiccups
Ailments of the gums and throat
Bites of venomous insects
Biliousness
Snake – bite
PARTS USED TREATMENT:
Fruits
Bark
Leaves
RELATED MEDICINAL PROPERTIES:
Aromatic stimulant
Stomachic