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Food - Fruit eaten raw, somehat acidic. Peel of th fruit is candied and also used in flavouring cakes. Medicine - Various parts of the tree have traditional medicinal applications, including the leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds. They are used to treat a range of conditions, including coughs, fevers and gastric disorders. Culture/Religious - Thr fruit is often given as offerings in cuktural festivals.
India, Myanmar
Wet tropical biome
Medium sized tree
Stem of pomole tree can be crooked, can have spines, old limbs, and branchlets.
Alternate, ovate, ovate-oblong, or elliptic, 5-20 cm long, 2-12 cm wide, leathery, dull-green, glossy above, dull and minutely hairy beneath,distinctly winged stalk,
Fragrant, borne singly or in clusters of 2 to 10 in the leaf axils, or sometimes 10 to 15 in terminal racemes 4 to 12 in long; rachis and calyx hairy; the 4 to 5 petals, yellowish-white, 1.5-3.5 cm long, somewhat hairy on the outside and dotted with yellow-green glands; stamens white, prominent, in bundles of 4 to 5, anthers orange
Flowering