• Mahua is the Halbi name of the tree as well as the flower of Madhuca indica. The Mahuwa tree is medium sized to large deciduous tree, usually with a short bole and a large rounded crown. It is found in mixed deciduous forest, usually of a somewhat dried type often growing on rocky and sandy soil.
• Madhuca. indica, Madhuca. longifolia are valued for their Seeds which yield a fatty oil known as Mahuwa Butter /Mahuwa fat. This is also known as Illipi Butter which caused some confusion as the internationally traded and highly valued confectionery fat, derived from Shorea stenopiter is also known as Illipi.
• The Corollas of Mahuwa Flowers commonly called as Mahuwa Flower are edible and form an article of diet of tribals. They are used either raw or cooked and for making of syrups for Medicinal use. They are also used widely for production of country liquor.
• Historically Mauhwa has been the single largest indigenous source of natural hard fat in the soap manufacturing while it also finds use as such and in refined form for edible purposes.
• Mahuwa oil has emollient properties and is used in skin disease. Rheumatism and headche. It is also a laxative and considered useful in habitual constipation, piles and haemorrhoids and as an emetic.
• As per an estimate of KVIC the total potentiality of Mahuwa Seed is about 5 lakhs tonnes. The highest Mahuwa Seed producing states are U.P., Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Gujarat, Orissa. It is common through out Central India, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and in the drier type of sal forest in Madhya Pradesh.

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Growth and Cultivation

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Processing

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Products

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Technology

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Market And Price

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• Enhanced income from mahua
• Evaluating the Marketing Opportunities
• Estimated Cost
• Cost of Plantation
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Equipment

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Reports

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• Annual Report
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• Bidar Forests
• Country Report

Uses

• Use of Mahua Oil (Madhuca indica) as a Diesel Fuel Extender
• Mahua Raisin a sweet success for Bharia women
• Eczema & Acne Treatment
• Illipe Butter
• Indian Butter Tree
• Laundry Soap
• Mowrah Butter
• BioFuel

Suppliers And Buyers

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