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Mahua: The forest flower moving from tribal homes to global shelves
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Mahua: The forest flower moving from tribal homes to global shelves
For centuries, the mahua (Madhuca longifolia) tree has been a source of food, medicine, fuel and rituals for tribal communities from the Deccan plateau to the Chotanagpur hills. Forest-dwelling people collect the flowers to eat fresh, dry in the sun, or ferment them into a mildly alcoholic brew that marks weddings, harvest festivals, and rites of passage. Tribal women rise at dawn to gather the night’s fall of pale yellow, nectar-rich flowers b…
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