✿Sapotaceae · Madhuca
Mahua / Illipe Butter Tree
Madhuca neriifolia
Tree
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala
- Flowering
- November-March
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Madhuca neriifolia
- Genus
- Madhuca
- Family
- Sapotaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Banks of rivers in evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-March
- Conservation status
- Endangered (EN)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Lanceolate (long, narrow, tapering to a point)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Mahua itself; the rest are typical of the Sapotaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Typical of the Sapotaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- महुवा Mahua
- Tamil
- ஆத்து இலுப்பை Atta Illupei, Atta illupei, Vanji
- Kannada
- Hulinanele, Nanale, Neeruhippe
- Malayalam
- Attuillippa, Kattuilluppei, Attu-ilippa, Iluppa
- Marathi
- Tupa, मोहा Moha
About Mahua
Illipe Butter Tree (Madhuca neriifolia) belongs to the Sapotaceae family, where it grows as a tree. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala. It grows in banks of rivers in evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from November to March.
Botanical family
Sapotaceae
Sapodilla/Chicle family
Mahua belongs to the Sapotaceae family.
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