• Family : FABACEAE
  (Pea Or Bean Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
• Subfamily : Faboideae
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Butea superba Roxb.
• Vernacular name : Kesu, Palasa lata, Chihunt (Hindi); Mutthugada balli (Kannada); Tiga moduga, Telga modugu (Telugu); Noi Palas, Palas-noi, Lat palas (Oria); Lata palasa (Sanskrit)
• Habit : Liana
• Habitat : Dry deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : Occasional. Leafless between Feb. - May
• Flower, Fruit : February-July
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, West Godavari district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Malkangiri district
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Butea superba. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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