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 elephant’s apple, (Indian) wood apple, **Indischer Holzapfel**, Elefantenapfel
-Evergreen tree, up to 9m tall, native to Asia (from Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan to China and Malesya); spines axillary; leaves obovate, entire to obscurely crenulate; flower dull red, fragrant; berry hard, 5-9cm in diameter, with sticky brown pulp and small white seeds inside. \\
+Evergreen tree, up to 9m tall, native to Asia (from Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan to China and Malaysia); spines axillary; leaves obovate, entire to obscurely crenulate; flower dull red, fragrant; berry hard, 5-9cm in diameter, with sticky brown pulp and small white seeds inside. \\
 "The 'wood apple' is... frequently cultivated... The leaves smell of aniseed. The pulp of the fruit is used in the treatment of diarrhoea." \\
 [[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=220007634]]
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 "The main constituents of the essential oil isolated from F. limonia [Limonia acidissima] leaves were methyl chavicol (27.2%), thymol (24.4%), trans-anethol (10.9%), p-cymen-7-ol (7.3%) and isohumulene (4.8%)." \\
 [Composition of the volatile oil from Feronia limonia leaves., Ahmad, A., Misra, L.N., Thakur, R.S., Planta medica, Vol.55(2), 1989, 199-200]
+L.acidissima is used traditionally as diuretic. Methanolic (50%v/v) extract of the leaves at 200mg/kg produced a marked diuresis in treated rats. Significant increase in sodium, potassium and chloride ion excreaction was observed. The diuretic potency was comparable to that of the standard drug furosemide at 100mg/kg. \\
+[Diuretic activity of the extracts of Limonia acidissima in rats., Parial, S., Jain, D.C., Joshi, S.B., Rasayan J Chem, Vol.2, 2009, 53-56] \\
+[[http://www.rasayanjournal.co.in/vol-2/issue-1/10.pdf]]
 "The fruits of L.acidissima are well documented for its use in Indian traditional medicine and are commonly known as wood apple, elephant-apple, monkey fruit, vilampazham, kath bel and kaitha. The fruits are spherical in shape with greyish-white rind and a woody hard outer shell. L. acidissima fruit pulp is sweet, sticky, brown, resinous, with peculiar aroma and consists of white seeds. The raw fruit pulp is helpful in the treatment of gastro intestinal problems like flatulence, diarrhoea, dysentery and piles." \\