Rutaceae
Indian bael
Aegle marmelos
- Family
- Rutaceae
- Genus
- Aegle
Pets and kids
- CatsNot sure
- DogsNot sure
- KidsNot sure
Why
Cats: Not sure
We found no reliable source on this plant for cats, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.
Dogs: Not sure
We found no reliable source on this plant for dogs, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.
Kids: Not sure
We found no reliable source on this plant for young children, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with a doctor or poison control.
Ate some? Call your vet or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435 (a fee may apply). For a child, call Poison Help at 1-800-222-1222 (US). If they are struggling to breathe or collapse, call 911. Don't give anything by mouth unless a vet or poison expert tells you to.
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Common names
By language (64)
- ace
- Bi
- Arabic
- قثاء هندي, بل
- arz
- قثاء هندى
- Assamese
- বেল
- ban
- Bila
- Bangla
- বেল, বিল্ব, শ্রীফল
- Bhojpuri
- सिरफल, बिल्व, बेल, श्री फल, श्रीफल
- Bulgarian
- Бенгалска дюля
- Burmese
- ဥသျှစ်ပင်, ဥသျှစ်
- Catalan
- Bael
- Cebuano
- Aegle
- Chinese
- 木橘, 印度枳, 孟加拉苹果, 硬皮橘, 箭杆七
- Czech
- Oslizák líbezný
- Dutch
- Slijmappel, Bael, Madja, Slijmappelboom
- English
- Indian bael, Bael fruit of India, Bel fruit, Bael fruit, Bengal quince, Golden apple, Japanese bitter orange, Stone apple
- Filipino
- Bael, A. marmelos, Beli, Bengal quince, Bilva, Bunga ng Beli, Koovalam, Kuvalam
- Finnish
- Belahedelmä
- French
- Arbre Bael
- German
- Bengalische Quitte, Belbaum, Bilva, Madjobaum
- Greek
- Αίγλη η μάρμελος, Aegle, Αίγλη, Ιαπωνική πικροπορτοκαλιά, Κυδωνιά της Βεγγάλης, Μπάελ, Μπίλι, Μπελ
- Gujarati
- બીલી
- Hindi
- बिल्व, बेल, बेल फल, श्री फल
- Indonesian
- Maja
- Japanese
- ベルノキ, マトゥーム
- Javanese
- Maja
- Kannada
- ಬಿಲ್ವಪತ್ರೆ ಮರ, ಅಜೆಲ್ ಮರ್ಮೆಲಸ್
- Khmer
- ដើមព្នៅ
- koi
- Баиль
- ks
- بؠل
- kv
- Баиль
- lah
- بیل گری
- lbe
- Баиль
- Macedonian
- Бенгалска дуња, Баил
- mad
- Billâ, Billâ gheḍḍhâng, Billâ paè'
- Maithili
- बेल
- Malay
- Pokok Maja
- Malayalam
- കൂവളം, Bael
- Marathi
- बेल
- mnw
- ဗဳ၊ တၞံ
- mrj
- Баиль
- Nepali
- बेल
- Odia
- ବେଲ
- pam
- Bael
- Persian
- بکرایی
- Polish
- Kleiszcze smakowite, Bilwa, Klejowiec jadalny
- Portuguese
- Bael
- Punjabi
- ਬਿਲ
- Russian
- Баиль, Бильва
- Sanskrit
- बिल्वः, अश्वत्थः, बिल्वम्
- sat
- ᱥᱤᱧᱡᱟᱹ, ᱥᱤ.ᱡᱚ
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇပိၼ်း, တူၼ်ႈမႆႉပိၼ်း, မၢၵ်ႇပိၼ်း
- Sindhi
- بيل ڦل
- Spanish
- Membrillo de Bengala
- Sundanese
- Maja
- Swedish
- Indiskt marmeladträd, Marmeladträd, Marmeladträdssläktet
- Tamil
- வில்வம், வில்வ மரம்
- tcy
- ಬಿಲ್ವ ಪತ್ರೆ
- Telugu
- మారేడు, ఎగెల్, బిల్వ, బిల్వపత్రం, బిల్వము
- Thai
- มะตูม
- udm
- Баиль
- Urdu
- بیلگری
- Uzbek
- Bael
- war
- Aegle
- wuu
- 木橘
Synonyms
- Aegle marmelos var. mahurensis Zate
- Aegle marmelos var. tamilnadensis (S.A.Kader) D.D.Pramanick & Mastakar
- Aegle tamilnadensis S.A.Kader
- Belou marmelos (L.) A.Lyons
- Bilacus marmelos (L.) Kuntze
- Crateva marmelos L.
- Crateva religiosa Ainslie
- Feronia pellucida Roth
Photos
Photo: Asit K. Ghosh Thaumaturgist, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vermars777, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.