Bhopal: Once touted as a probable “game-changer” for Madhya Pradesh’s tribal economy, the Mahua liquor, which is distilled from the Mahua flower, is now a bitter brew for the tribals.

Mahua was deemed a dangerous intoxicant that ... and Madhya Pradesh and the Chhattisgarh State Minor Forest Produce Co-operative Federation, which promotes trade and development of forest produce ...

In addition to the elusive big cats, around 145 of which inhabit the reserve, this protected region also happens to be one of the places where the Madhuca longifolia, or mahua tree ...

Binu Singh, Ajay Naik and Samabari Soren of Deuli under Suliapada block opined the government should improve procurement of Mahua flowers through Tribal Development Co-operative Corporation (TDCC ...

What makes this flower, vital to central India’s tribes, so valuable? A decade ago, a Google search of “Mahua+India” showed only Facebook profiles of women named Mahua, Bengali ancestry ...