Mahua PRODUCT NAME
Madhuca longifolia Macbr.. var latifolia (Roxb.) SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | mahua |
| Local Name: | Durva: irupa; Gondi: idu; Halbi: mohu; Hindi: mahua/mohwa; Orissa: mahulo; Tamil: illupai; Telugu: ippa |
| Family: | Sapotaceae |
| Other Species of Same Genera: | Madhuca latifolia |
| Product Description: | Medium sized tree with more or less smooth bark, yields latex. Leaves glabrous shining. Flowers in dense fascicles, clustered at the ends of leafless branches; corolla cram-coloured, fragrant. Berry ovoid, greenish. |
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| Origin: | Indigenous |
| Management Practices: | Picking of fallen flowers (corollas) |
| Market Information: | Collected and dried by the adivasi people between February and April; dried and sold to traders for about Rs 4-6 per kg, as they cannot store vast quantities in their homes. Bought back from the traders when domestic stock is finished for almost twice the rate. |
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