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- Re-Accredited by NAAC in July 2019 with Grade A+
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Go BackWood Apple
| Binomial | Limonia acidissima L. |
| Family | Rutaceae |
| Tamil Name | விளாம்பழம் (Vilampazam) |
| Habit | Slow growing thorny deciduous tree |
| Bark | Blackish, deeply fissured |
| Flowers | Fragrant, cream, in axillary or terminal racemes |
| Fruits | Berries globose, woody |
| Flowering Period | May – July |
| Pollinators | Bee, Insect |
| Native to India and Srilanka | The fruit has a hard, woody pericarp with numerous seeds embedded in a sweet, aromatic pulp. Fruit pulp made into juice. Acidic pulp mixed with jaggery and ghee is tasty and ceremonially eaten during the Ganesha festival. Fruit is much used in India as a liver and cardiac tonic and when unripe, as a means of halting diarrhea and dysentery and for effective treatment for high cough, sore throat and disease of the gums. |
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