habitat,habit,useful parts ,morphology of useful parts ,phytochemicals and pharmaceutical uses of Aegle marmelos.

2. HABITATAND DISTRIBUTION
•Native to india, grown all over the country,
especially in premises of temples.

3. HABIT
•Medium sized.
•Deciduous tree
•Sharp axillary throns
•Yellowish brown bark
•Leaves – alternate, trifoliate and aromatic

6. USEFUL PART
•Root bark
•fruit
•leaves

7. LEAF MORPHOLOGY
•Trifolate,
•Alternate
• leaflets entire
• glabrous
•aromatic

8. FRUIT MORPHOLOGY
•Sub-spherical to pear shaped
•Large with a hard rind
• 8-15 chambered
• each chamber with 10 or more seeds

11. ROOT MORPHOLOGY
•Roots are light pinkish grey
• cylindrical with prominent lenticels
•root bark is yellow or greyish colour and
slightly aromatic

12. PHYTOCHEMICALS
• Aegeline
• Marmeline
• Scoparone
• Scopletin

13. • Umbelliferone
• Aegilinol
• ethyl cinnamide
• Xanthotoxol
• marmelosine

14. PHARMACEUTICAL USES
• Intestinal disorders
• diabetes
• diarrhoea
• mouth ulcer
• dysentry

15. CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS
• Alkaloids
• coumarins
• steroids
• polysaccharides
• Carotenoids
• tannins

16. TRADITIONAL USES
• The different parts of the plant are used for various
purpose such as treatment of :
• Asthma
• brain typhoid troubles during pregnancy
• Anaemia
• Fractures

17. • Healing of wounds
• Swollen joints
• high blood pressure
• Jaundice
• diarrhoea

18. LEAF EXTRACT OF AEGLE MARMELOS
•Diabetes
it enhances the ability to utilise the external
glucose load in the body by stimulation of glucose
uptake similar to insulin.

19. •Medicated oil from the leaves gives relief from
recurrent cold and respiratory infections.
•Used for jaundice and treatment of wounds.
•Also used for treatment of conjunctivitis and
deafness.

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