WELCOME

MASTER’S SEMINAR

THERAPEUTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF BAEL

( Aegle marmelos ) FRUIT IN DAIRY AND FOOD INDUSTRY

ARAVIND.G
MDK
Senior M.Tech Student
Dept. of Dairy Technology
 INTRODUCTION

 Fruits - Citrus - Bael fruit

 Bael fruit - Nature fruit of india

 Aegle marmelos - Rutaceae family

 Bael fruit - Sanskrit word - Adhararutha, Asholam, Bilva

 Vernacular names - Bela, Bilva (Kannada), Bel, Bili, Birphal, Bela (Hindi),
Aluvigam, Kuvilam (Tamil), Maredu (Telugu), Koovalam (Malayalam),
Billi (Gujarat), Bael, Bel (Bengal), Belo (Orissa).

 Bael - multipurpose tree - religious, natural and therapeautic benefits and

applications - dairy, food and pharmaceutical industries