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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For the first time, the Medaram Maha Jathara, the largest tribal festival in Asia, often called the “Telangana Kumbh Mela”—featured the highly nutritious Ippapuvvu (Mahua Flower) Laddu, delighting ...