Aegle marmelos commonly known as bilwa or bael is an important medicinal plant in Ayurveda . The English name for bael is stone apple, as its rather large fruit is like pale yellow to golden orange when ripe. In Sanskrit, it is called bilva or sriphal or shivadruma (the tree of shiva), while in Hindi, it is referred to as bel or bael or sripal (Kritikar and Basu, 1984). It is the only plant belonging to the genus Aegle and belongs to the Rutaceae family.