i, is 
fied 
a LIMONIA ACIDISSIMA, Linn. : ee 
= | Fig.—Rheede, Hort. Mal. iv. t=. 14; Roxb. Cor. Pl t 
Hab.—Himalaya, Behar, Assam, W. Peninsula, “The 
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~ fruit. ir 
Varnacular.—Beli (Hind.), Tor-elaga (Tel.), Nai-bé ( 
—Can.). 3 
_. History, Uses, &c.—Rheede calls it ‘ Psjerou-katon 
_faregam,’ and gives ‘Limonis da folha cruzado’ as the 
Portuguese name. Regarding its medical properties he say: 
“ Czterum arboris hujus folia presentaneum habentur 
epilepsies remedium. Radix alyum movet, sudores exp 
ae 3 RR 
is us 
n Java instead of soap. (Of. Rumphius.) This use of the 
fruit is known in India, and is indicated by the Marathi name — 
Which signifies “barber’s Bael fruit.” gS 
Description.—A. acidissima is a shrub with tripit 
leaves and winged petioles; the root is yellow, bitter 
aromatic ; the fruit globular, the size of a grape, with yellow 
red rind like that of the lime in structure, and a scanty 
acid flesh-coloured pulp with some bitterness and aroma 
four-celled, but usually contains only three seeds of the ¢ 
s orange pips. The fruit is eaten as a stomachic by he 
bes, but is not seen in the Bombay market. The 
lime in a dried state is often. offered in large - 
exported. to the Arabian coasts, where it 
nent with fish, meat, &c., being powdere 
