• Family : SAPOTACEAE
  (SAPODILLA FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Sapotaceae
• Species : Madhuca longifolia
• Variety : latifolia
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Madhuca longifolia var. latifolia (Roxb.) A.Chev.
• Common name : Indian Butter Tree
• Vernacular name : Mahua, Mohwa, Mauwa (Hin.); Ippe mara (Kan.); Kaattu iluppai (Tam.); Ippa chettu, Ippi, Madhookamu (Tel.); Moha, Madgi, Mahula, Mahua (Ori.); Mahua (San.)
• Key identification features : A large deciduous tree with milky latex and spreading branches. Leaves are crowded at the branch ends, cream-coloured. Flowers (1.5 cm) are borne in dense drooping fascicles at the ends of branches. Fruit (5 cm) is fleshy and orange when ripe. Bark is grey, rough and scaly.
• Habit : Tree
• Flower, Fruit : December-July
• Native : India, Sri Lanka
• Comments : Occasional in plains of scrub jungles and deciduous slopes up to 900 m. Flowers are sweet scented with nectar. A range of parasitic Loranthus spp. are common on this tree.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.; Naidu, M.T. & O.A. Kumar (2015). Tree species diversity in the Eastern Ghats of northern Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7(8): 7443-7459
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Madhuca longifolia var. latifolia. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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