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Bael

Aegle marmelos
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Ecological requirements

Data from the FAO EcoCrop database for Aegle marmelos (L.) Corr. Serr.

Family / Taxonomy Magnoliopsida
Rosidae
Sapindales
Rutaceae
Optimal temperature 30 - 42 °C
Absolute temperature 5 - 49 °C
Killing temperature growth: 0 °C, rest: -7 °C
Optimal rainfall 800 - 2000 mm/year
Absolute rainfall 500 - 4000 mm/year
Optimal soil pH 6.0 - 7.5
Absolute soil pH 5.3 - 8.5
Crop cycle 180 - 365 days
Max altitude 1200 m
Life form tree
Life span perennial
Habit erect
Optimal soil depth deep (>>150 cm)
Optimal soil texture heavy
Optimal soil fertility moderate
Optimal soil drainage well (dry spells)
Optimal soil salinity low (<4 dS/m)
Photoperiod short day (<12 hours)
Optimal light very bright to cloudy skies

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) ECOCROP, the crop ecological requirements database. Version 1. https://data.apps.fao.org/catalog/dataset/ecocrop. Accessed through the CGIAR Climate Action Data Hub, https://cgiar-climate-data-hub.github.io/catalog/ecocrop_1/.

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