One of the most sacred and charismatic trees of India, the mahua (Madhuca longifolia) is best-known for the intoxicating drink that its flowers yield. Its reputation precedes it, as the liquor (moha ...

IF YOU LISTEN carefully, there is a new sound: plip-plop, as the mahua tree drops its blossoms, one by one, onto a net of saris stitched together like a trampoline. Traditionally, these droplet-shaped ...

Incidents of forest fires have reduced by almost 95 percent with the use of nets for collecting the Mahua flowers and creating awareness about protecting the forests and its biodiversity. After the ...

THE little brown nubs look like earwax-coloured pencil erasers. Anyone curious enough to try one would find it tastes a bit like a date. They are flowers of the mahua tree, indigenous to India. When ...

Aniruddha Mookerjee lives on the edge of a tiger reserve in central India surrounded by mahua trees. In late March, when the ...

Mahua flowers, a Bundelkhand staple, are harvested and transformed into a nutritious breakfast. This dish, rich in slow-release carbohydrates and essential minerals, provides sustained energy for the ...

Mahua flowers blossom in March-April and have been distilled into liquor for centuries using traditional methods. The Madhya Pradesh government is now modernising the process and bottling it for ...

Ippapuvvu laddus, a delicacy made from the iron-rich Ippa (Mahua) flower, part of the traditional tribal diet, is now available all year-round, thanks to the Bheem Bhai Tribal Women’s Cooperative ...