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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>
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''[[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. In this country 1 is cult, in S. Calif.
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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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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"/>
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*''[[Butea monosperma]]'' (syn. ''Butea frondosa''): Flame of the Forest, Bastard Teak, Pâlāsh
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*''[[Butea superba]]''
  
 
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
 
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Butea monosperma


Plant Characteristics
Cultivation
Scientific Names

Butea >


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Butea or Flame of the Forest is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the pea family, Fabaceae. It has two species. [1]

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.


Read about Butea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

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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Cultivation

Propagation

Pests and diseases

Species

Forty-two names have been published in Butea, [2] but forty of these are either synonyms or names of species that have been transferred to other genera. [3]

Gallery

References

  1. ↑ Gwilym Lewis, Brian Schrire, Barbara MacKinder, and Mike Lock. 2005. Legumes of the World. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Richmond, England.
  2. ↑ Butea in International Plant Names Index.
  3. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named sanjappa1987

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