- Family : SAPOTACEAE
(Sapodilla Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : CHIKOO FAMILY (चीकू फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System IV) : Sapotaceae
- Synonym(s) : Bassia villosa Wall. ex G.Don; Illipe malabrorum subsp. alphonsae Dubard
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Madhuca longifolia (L.) J.F.Macbr.
- Common name : South-Indian Mahua, Mahua Tree
- Vernacular name :
- Mahva (Hindi)
- Erappe Ippe, Sanna Ippe (Kannada)
- Naatu iluppai (Tamil)
- Pedda ippa, Natu ippa (Telugu)
- Madhukah (Sanskrit)
- Moha (Marathi)
- Ilupa, Irippa, Madhookam, Njannal, Poonam (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : Occasional in plains to 800m. often planted near temples as Sacred tree
- Key identification features : Trees, up to 17 m high; branches ferruginously tomentose to glabrescent; Leaves elliptic,elliptic-obovate or lanceolate, densely woolly on either side when young, ultimately glabrous; Flowers in axillary fascicles, brownish to woolly tomentose; Berries globose, densely hirsute to glabrescent.
- Flower, Fruit : January-June
- Collector(s) Name : K.P.Sreenath, S.R.Ramesh
- Collection Date : 09/02/1980
- Collection Nos : KFP 10836
- Collection Locality : Syntheri rocks, Uttara Kannada district
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Y.S.R. Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, S.P.S. Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Visakhapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
- Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mahbubnagar district
- Karnataka : All districts of Karnataka
- Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Odisha : Angul district, Balasore district, Bargarh district, Balangir district, Boudh district, Cuttack district, Deogarh district, Dhenkanal district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Kalahandi district, Kandhamal district, Kendrapara district, Kendujhar district, Khordha district, Koraput district, Malkangiri district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Rayagada district, Sambalpur district, Sundargarh district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kancheepuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
- Jharkhand :
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Delhi : Delhi
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Native : Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Indigenous Plants at Biodiversity Park, Ranchi - Ranchi Afforestation Division, Forest and Environmental Department, Jharkhand
- K.Ravikumar, A.C.Tangavelou, & Navendu Page. (2021). Seed plants of Karnataka, India: A concise dictionary. FRLHT-TDU, National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), Chennai.
- Read more :
- Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Madhuca longifolia var. longifolia
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Madhuca longifolia var. longifolia. Downloaded on 3 October 2026.
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