Herbarium JCB

Madhuca longifolia var. longifolia

Family : SAPOTACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Sapotaceae
Species : Madhuca longifolia
Variety : longifolia
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Madhuca longifolia var. longifolia
Vernacular name : Madhuka (San.); Ippe mara (Kan.)
Collection Nos : CJS 18382, KFP 10836
Key identification features : A medium tree with young parts being rusty-tomentose. Leaves are linear-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute at apex and base, lateral nerves are 10 - 15 pairs. Flowers are fascicled in dense clusters at the ends of the branches. Berry is oblong or oblong-ellipsoid, yellow when ripe.
Habit : Tree
Native : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
Comments : Not common; sometimes cultivated along roadsides. The flowers are edible, sweet and distilled for alcoholic liqour. Oil yeilding seeds and wood used for Boat making The seeds yield edible oil.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Chikamagalur, Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Shimoga, Tumkur, Uttara Kannada, Udupi, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere
Floras referred : Saldanha, 1984; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District; Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere