Aegle marmelos

species of tree, considered sacred by Hindus
Taxon taxon Q234126
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Summary

Aegle marmelos is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.49% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,197 views/month, #953 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Near Threatened[4]
  • Parent taxon: Aegle[5]
  • Taxon name: Aegle marmelos[6]
  • Has use: food[7], medicinal plant[8]
  • Commons category: Aegle marmelos[9]
  • Has basionym: Crateva marmelos[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Aegle marmelos[11]
  • Commons gallery: Aegle marmelos[12]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e[13]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[14], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 43(2)[16], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=1560[18]
  • Short name: A. marmelos[19]
  • Taxon common name: Indian bael[20], 木橘[21], 孟加拉苹果[22], 箭杆七[23], 硬皮橘[24], 印度枳[25], bel fruit[26], bael fruit of India[27]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[28]
  • Taxon range: Tibet Autonomous Region[29], Myanmar[30]

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Identifiers

Aegle marmelos's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 325928[31]. Aegle marmelos's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 68527[32]. Aegle marmelos's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 483583[33]. Aegle marmelos's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5421195[34]. Aegle marmelos's ITIS TSN is recorded as 506380[35].

Why It Matters

Aegle marmelos has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [32] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [35] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [33] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [34] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . plantillustrations.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . plantillustrations.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [29] ↑ . A dataset on inventory and geographical distribution of vascular plants in Xizang, China. wikidata.org.
  33. [30] ↑ . gbif.org. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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