Herbarium JCB

Madhuca longifolia var. latifolia (Roxb.) Chevalier

Family : SAPOTACEAE
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.
Vernacular name : Madhuka (San.); Ippe mara, Hippe (Kan.)
Collection Nos : KFP 6825, CJS 13119, CJS 18944
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
Native : India
Comments : The juicy corolla with a characterstic aroma is edible. Flowers are fermented to obtain an alcoholic drink called Mahuwa, a country liquor.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Belgaum, Bellary, Bijapur, Chitradurga, Gulbarga, Kodagu, Kolar, Mysore, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Dakshina Kannada
Floras referred : Saldanha, 1984;Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District