Mahua
MAHUA
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Can be seen in southern Road.
Mahua : The valuable of Indian tree because of its flowers are a nutritive lifeline for millions of poor people.. In season, the succulent flowers fall to the ground just before down. Deer, monkeys, wild pigs. jackal and bears compete to gather them. Large trees bear 300 kg of flowers in a season. They are eaten
raw or sun dried and are distilled into a strong country spirit with a smokey, nutty flavor. Large tree, deciduous. A shapely, long lived tree with a gnarled trunk and wide, spreading crown. In the tribal belt of central India it is valued above all other trees for its economic products and is never felled. It makes a beautiful avenue tree. Seasons : Leaves start turning yellow in late March, most trees are bare by late April. New leaves in a lovely tint of pink appear in May. Leaves firm13-25 cm long, broadly oval, pointy-tipped prominently clustered near the end of branches. Leaves clustered near the ends of branchlets, up to 25 cm but more commonly15 cm long. The base narrow into the leaf stalk and the broadly narrow apex has an abruptly pointy tip. When young the leaves are softly woolly and a delicate shade of pink, green leathery and smooth as they age. Flower : through most of April. Flowers creamy white, in dense clusters near the end of twigs on short stalks about 3 cm long. The petals are joined together to make a short. fleshy tube about 15 mm long with many stamens and a long prominent style protruding through the mouth of tube. The sweet edible flower have a distinctive rutty-musky smell. In season, the tree sheds its flowers just before dawn. Fruit ripen in July or August. Fruit 2-5 cm long, fleshy green at first, turning rusty orange when ripe.
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Can be seen in Southern road.
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