MADHUCA INDICA | MAHUA | POONAM | MOHA

Kingdom: Plantae

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order: Ericales

Family: Sapotaceae

Genus: Madhuca

Species: M. longifolia

OMMON NAME ;- mahua, mahuva, ippe, poonam, moha, mohoka, illupai:- ..etc.
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NATURE:-it is a tree.

LEAVES:-leaves are 10 – 30 centemeter long. Leaves are thick and leathery most of leaves pointed at the tip.

FLOWERS:-flowers are small and fleshy. flowers are dull or pale white in colour.

FRUITS:-in size fruits arec 2 – 6 centemeter long, fleshy and greenish.

MEDICINAL USES OF MADHUCA INDICA (MAHUA):-this trees bark,leaves,fruits, flowers and seeds everything is useful in the making of drugs.

Barks useful in bleeding gums and ulcers, and also useful in the diabetes.

moha Leaves mixed with butter and applied on the burns.

Flowers are useful in the cough.

This trees seeds are useful in making of soaps and good useful in skin diseases.