Limonia acidissima is the only species within the monotypic genus Limonia. Common names for this South Asian species in English include wood-apple and elephant-apple. It is sometimes also called monkey fruit.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Wood-apple being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Crescentia alata
- Aegle marmelos
- Gonopterodendron sarmientoi
- Geoffroea spinosa
- Dalbergia melanoxylon
- Dolichandrone falcata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Sapindales
- Family
- Rutaceae
- Genus
- Limonia
- Species
- Limonia acidissima
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