- Family : FABACEAE
(Pea Or Bean Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
- Subfamily : Faboideae
- Basionym : Erythrina monosperma Lam.
- Synonym(s) : Butea frondosa Koenig ex Roxb.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub.
- Common name : Flame of the Forest, Bastard teak, Bengal kino tree
- Vernacular name :
- Dhak, Palasa (Hindi)
- Palasha, Mutthugada mara (Kannada)
- Purasu, Porasu (Tamil)
- Moduga, Mathaka (Telugu)
- Palasa (Oria)
- Palasha (Sanskrit)
- Palas (Marathi)
- Brahmavriksham, Chamatha, Mukkappuyam, Plasu, Palasinsamatha (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : Common in open deciduous forests up to 1000m. The flowers are attractive and a good source of nectar for pollinators.
- Key identification features : Leafless during flowering
- Flower, Fruit : January-July
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy
- Collection Nos : FAP 40019
- Collection Locality : Kalasamudram RF, Anantapur district (AP)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : All districts of Andhra Pradesh
- Karnataka : Bangalore
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Odisha : Khurda district
- Tamil Nadu : Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Coimbatore district, Dharmapuri district, The Nilgiri district, Vellore district, Tiruvannamalai district, Ramanathapuram district, Salem district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district, Tiruchirapalli district
- West Bengal : South 24 Parganas district
- Native : Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam
- World Distribution : India, Indo-China, Tropical Himalayas, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailan
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Butea monosperma. Downloaded on 1 June 2024.
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