Growth habitSpecies-level: erect tree with outward-bending upper branches and drooping branchlet tips.

Fruit Plants
Wood Apple (Velaga)
Velaga Pandu
Limonia acidissima
Traditional Indian wood apple — hard woody shell around tangy aromatic pulp used for chutneys, sharbat and jam, and valued in Ayurveda for digestion. An extremely hardy, drought-tolerant tree that thrives on poor soils with almost no care, ideal for farm boundaries and dryland planting.
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In stockAvailable sizes2 ft – 5 ft
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Plant guide
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Growing characteristics and practical care notes.
- Growth habit
- Species-level: erect tree with outward-bending upper branches and drooping branchlet tips.
- Growth rate
- Species-level: slow-growing.
- Foliage
- Species-level: deciduous, alternate, compound leaves.
- Flowers / fruit
- Species-level: small flowers in loose panicles; fruit has a hard woody rind and brown pulp.
- Soil
- Species-level: adapted to light soils.
Plant information sources:Purdue New Crops Resource