Thai Wood Apple Kot Bel Grafted Fruit Plant (1.5-2 Feet Height)

Thai Wood Apple Kot Bel (Aegle marmelos), a robust grafted Thai cultivar of the sacred Bilva tree, yields large woody-shelled globose fruits 8-20 cm across with smooth gray-green rind turning yellow at maturity, enclosing aromatic orange gummy pulp rich in mucilage, vitamin C, and tannins for cooling digestive remedies. This deciduous to semi-evergreen medium tree (7-13m) features trifoliate aromatic leaves and fragrant greenish-white flowers, offering enhanced fruit size, pulp yield, and disease resistance through superior Thai rootstock grafting suited to India's hot-dry tropics. The 1.5–2 feet plant establishes quickly for home orchards, temple gardens, or medicinal plots, ripening December-June after 10-11 months bloom.​

WHAT YOU GET

• 1 live Thai Wood Apple Kot Bel grafted fruit plant

• Height at dispatch: approximately 1.5–2 feet

• Premium Thai variety for massive aromatic fruits, strong vigor, and heavy productivity

• Ideal for large pots, courtyards, sacred spaces, or agroforestry

KEY FEATURES 🌟

• 🔔 Slender branching tree with spiny pale brown bark, oval toothed leaflets, panicle flowers, and hard-shelled fruits packed with potassium, riboflavin, thiamine, fiber supporting diabetes control, diarrhea halt, peptic ulcer healing, and Vata pacification​

• 🌸 Sweet-marmalade tangy pulp strained for sharbat; unripe rind yields yellow dye/tannin; leaves for Shiva puja​

• 💪 Extreme tolerance (−7 to 48°C, pH 5-10, saline/waterlogged soils); drought hardy post-establishment​

• 🌦 Native dry forests; pronounced dry season triggers fruiting; up to 400 fruits/tree peak​

• 🌱 Self-fertile; gum exudes from wounds; timber aromatic but non-durable​

PLANTING & CARE 🌱

• 🌤 Light: Full sun 6-8 hours essential for fruit size/sweetness​

• 🪴 Soil: Sandy/loamy/clay tolerates neglect; enrich with compost​

• 💧 Watering: Minimal; weekly young plants, survives prolonged dry spells​

• 🌿 Mulching: Thick organics mimic forest floor moisture

• ✂️ Pruning: Post-harvest shape; remove spines cautiously​

• 🧴 Fertilizing: Manure spring; micronutrients boron/zinc​

BENEFITS & USES 🍽️

• 🔔 Pulp sherbets, toffees, jams, nectar; detergent action cleans fabrics​

• 💪 Antidiarrheal astringent, blood purifier, anti-inflammatory; marmelosin diuretic/laxative​

• 🌳 Religious shade tree; fodder leaves/twigs; windbreak pioneer

• 🎁 Sacred wellness gift for Ayurveda fans or temple planters

• 🐝 Pollinator magnet; exports to Europe/Malaysia​

DISCLAIMER ⚠️

• Hammer needed to crack shell; excess ripe pulp irritates throat​

• Young frost tender; harvest yellowish-green for 8-day ripening​

• Mucilage solidifies drying; strain pulp fully

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