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Butea monosperma
Top: inflorescence, bottom: leaf
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Rosids
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Genus:
Butea
Species:
B. monosperma
Binomial name
Butea monosperma
(Lam.) Taub.
Synonyms
Butea frondosa Roxb. ex Willd.[1]
Erythrina monosperma Lam.[2]
Plaso monosperma (Lam.) Kuntze[3]
A single flower in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The beak-shaped keel petal gave rise to the name "parrot tree".Habit of B. monosperma in Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore
Butea monosperma is a species of Butea native to tropical and sub-tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. It is also known as flame of the forest, Bengal kino, dhak, palash, and bastard teak.[2] Revered as sacred by Hindus, it is prized for producing an abundance of vivid blooms, and it is also cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental.[4]
The plant grows across
Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, and western Indonesia.[2]
^"Butea frondosa Roxb. Ex Willd. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science".
^ abc"Butea monosperma". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
^"Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub". theplantlist.org. ThePlantList. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
^Shah, Vaishali (2019-01-18). "Palasa | Hindu Lifestyle". Hindu Scriptures | Vedic lifestyle, Scriptures, Vedas, Upanishads, Itihaas, Smrutis, Sanskrit. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
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elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) State bird Asian koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus) State flower Palash (Buteamonosperma) State tree Sal (Shorea robusta)...
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haslettiana and endangered plant species including Madhuca longifolia and Buteamonosperma. Tigers, Asian elephants, four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis)...
pollination of plants like Strelitzia, Callistemon (bottle brush), Bombax, Buteamonosperma and coral trees (see: ornithophily). They parasitise nests of cisticolas...
planting of native species, such as dhau (Anogeissus pendula), dhak (Buteamonosperma), babul (Acacia nilotica) and kair (Capparis decidua). A rangeland...
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chebula), Schleichera trijuga, Odina wodiar, flame of the forest (Buteamonosperma), golden shower tree (Cassia fistula), satinwood (Chloroxylon swietenia)...
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