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==Uses==
{{Uses|Cough}}, {{Uses|Cold}}, {{Uses|Bronchitis}}, {{Uses|Leprosy}}, {{Uses|Diabetes}}, {{Uses|Bleeding gums}}, {{Uses|Skin diseases}}.
===Food===
Madhuca longifolia can be used in Food. Fleshy corolla is eaten raw and used in sweet preparations. Dried flowers are floured and used for making Bhakari (bread). Flowers are fermented to make liquor. Oil is extracted from seeds.<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>
==Parts Used==
===Prabhava===
===Nutritional components===
Madhuca longifolia Contains the Following nutritional components like - Vitamin-C, Thiamine (B1), Riboflavin (B2), Niacin (B3), Folic acid, Betaine, , Palmitic acid, Stearic acid, Oleic, Linoleic acid, Tannins<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>.
==Habit==
==How to plant/cultivate==
A plant of the subtropics to the hot tropics, where it is found at elevations up to 1200metres. Able to resist some frost, it grows in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 2 - 46°c.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>. Madhuca longifolia is available through November to January<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>.
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
<ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/32002 Morphology]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Madhuca+longifolia Cultivation]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">Karnataka Medicinal Plants-Vol 2 book by Dr. M. R. Gurudeva, Page no:67</ref>
<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat">"Forest food for Northern region of Western Ghats" by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, Page No.91, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune</ref>
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