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'''''Butea''''' or ''Flame of the Forest'' is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s belonging to the pea family, [[Fabaceae]].  It has two [[species]]. <ref name="legumes2005"> Gwilym Lewis, Brian Schrire, Barbara MacKinder, and Mike Lock. 2005. ''Legumes of the World''. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Richmond, England. </ref> 

''[[Butea monosperma]]'', also known as [[Flame of the Forest]] or [[Bastard Teak]], is native to [[India]] and [[Southeast Asia]], where it is used for timber, resin, fodder, medicine, and dye.  

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Butea (Earl of Bute). Legumindsx. Three or 4 species of trees or woody vines of India and China, with deep scarlet papilionaceous fls. in racemes, and pinnate Lvs. In the Old W'orld rarely grown in stoves.
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==Species==
Forty-two names have been published in ''Butea'', <ref name="ipnibutea"> ''Butea'' in International Plant Names Index.</ref> but forty of these are either [[Synonym (taxonomy)|synonyms]] or [[Botanical name|names]] of species that have been transferred to other genera. <ref name="sanjappa1987"/>

*''[[Butea monosperma]]'' (syn. ''Butea frondosa''): Flame of the Forest, Bastard Teak, Pâlāsh
*''[[Butea superba]]''

==Gallery==

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File:Butea monosperma (Dhak) fruits at Canopy W2 IMG_7498.jpg|''[[Butea monosperma]]'' fruits
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->

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