Sapotaceae

Mahua

Madhuca longifolia (L.) J.F.Macbr.

Family: Sapotaceae
Genus: Madhuca

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Mahua (Madhuca longifolia) — FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (24)

Bangla: মহুয়া
Bhojpuri: मौवा
Burmese: တောသရက်
Chinese: 長葉馬杜鵑, 长叶马杜鹃, 长叶紫荆木, 长叶马府油, 长叶马府油树, 長葉馬府油樹
English: Mahua, Madhuca
French: Mahua, Mowrah
Gujarati: મહુડો
Hindi: महुआ, महुवा
Indonesian: Mahua
Japanese: モワ, イリッペ, マフア, マーワ
Kannada: ಕಾಡು ಇಪ್ಪೆ
lah: مہوآ
Malayalam: ഇലിപ്പ, Mahua Tree, ഇരിപ്പ, മധൂകം, മധൂകജം
Marathi: मोह
Nepali: मौवा
Odia: ମହୁଲ
Persian: درخت روغن
Polish: Mahua
Punjabi: ਮਹੂਆ
Russian: Мадука длиннолистная, Бассия широколистная
sat: ᱢᱟᱛᱠᱚᱢ
Sinhala: මී ගස
Tamil: இலுப்பை, குலிகம், நாடடிலுப்பை, மதூகம், இலுப்பை மரம்
Telugu: ఇప్ప, మధూక ఇండిక

Synonyms

Bassia longifolia J.Koenig ex L.
Illipe malabarorum Gras
Vidoricum longifolium Kuntze

Flowers

In flower: March to April (from 35 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Seema Merchant, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Anandi Korde, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Sandipan Das, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Nvvchar, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Amar Bharathy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sayee Girdhari, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Nadezhda Bortnikova, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.