Butea monosperma
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Butea monosperma is a species of Butea native to tropical southern Asia, from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, and western Indonesia.[1] Common names include Kingshuk, Palash, Dhak, Flame of the Forest, Bastard Teak, Parrot Tree and Kesudo (Gujurati).
It is a medium sized dry season-deciduous tree, growing to 15 m tall. The leaves are pinnate, with an 8-16 cm petiole and three leaflets, each leaflet 10-20 cm long. The flowers are 2.5 cm long, bright orange-red, and produced in racemes up to 15 cm long. The fruit is a pod 15-20 cm long and 4-5 cm broad.[2]
Read about Butea monosperma in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Butea frondosa, Roxbg. A leafy tree, yielding gum or lac: Lfts. 3, roundish, pubescent beneath, the lateral ones unsyrametricaJ : fls. 2 in. long, orange-crimson, very showy; stamens 9 together and 1 free. E. India and Burma.—Reaches a height of 50 ft. Inspissated juice is known as Bengal or Palas kino, or butea gum, which has astringent properties, resembling true kind. Seeds used in India as a vermlfuge. The tree yields also stick-lac. The coarse, fibrous material obtained from the inner bark is used for caulking the seams of boats. Dried fls. yield a yellow or orange dye.
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- Dhak (Butea monosperma) flowers in Kolkata I IMG 4225.jpg
a flower in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
- Dhak (Butea monosperma) trunk in Kolkata W IMG 4262.jpg
trunk in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
- Dhak (Butea monosperma) trunk in Kolkata W IMG 4208.jpg
trunk in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
- Dhak (Butea monosperma) leaves in Kolkata W IMG 4223.jpg
leaves in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
- Dhak (Butea monosperma) leaf in Kolkata W IMG 4225.jpg
leaf in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
- Dhak (Butea monosperma) flowers on ground in Kolkata Im IMG 4255.jpg
flowers on ground in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
- Dhak (Butea monosperma) flowers in Kolkata W IMG 4219.jpg
flowers in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
- Dhak (Butea monosperma) flowers in Kolkata W IMG 4217.jpg
flowers in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
- Dhak (Butea monosperma) flowering tree in Kolkata W IMG 4259.jpg
flowering tree in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.It is a flowering-plant.
- Butea monosperma young leaves W IMG 7645.jpg
young leaves in Shamirpet, Rangareddy district, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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- Butea monosperma young leaves W IMG 7643.jpg
young leaves in Shamirpet, Rangareddy district, Andhra Pradesh, India.
References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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