| District | BONGAIGAON | BMC Name | MANIKPUR ANCHALIC BMC | Flora Category | Fruit Plant | Type of Flora | Tree |
| Local Name of Flora | Bael | Local Language | Bodo ,Bengali ,Assamese ,Other , | Common Name of Flora | Wood Apple | Scientific Name | Aegle marmelos |
| Variata | Forma | Sub Species | Flora Variety | Local | |||
| Part Used | Fruit and Leaves | Uses | Consumed as fruit | Other Details | The pulp of the ripe fruit is laxative and mixed with milk and sugar and a sherbet is prepared. It is medicinal for indigestion and constipation. The unripe fruit is boiled or roasted to use as medicine for dysentery and diarrhoea. Sliced immature fruit is dried under the sun and use to prepare a kind of drink called "Bel tea" which is considered medicinal for heart weakness.It is a sacred plant for Hindus. |