The two major species of genus Madhuca found in India are Madhuca Indica (syn. Bassia latifolia) and Madhuca longifolia (syn.Brassica longifolia). Mahua is the widely accepted as local name for the ...

While the ippa trees will shed their leaves completely in another 10 days, the red colour on the leaves of the pusugu trees can be seen for a fortnight more before they turn green.

Take for instance a wonder of nature in the form of the beautiful 40-year-old ippa or mahua tree (Madhuca indica) which exhibits two coloured foliage during the first month of leafing.

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 ...