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.
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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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Cultivation
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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]
- Butea monosperma (syn. Butea frondosa): Flame of the Forest, Bastard Teak, Pâlāsh
- Butea superba
Gallery
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Butea monosperma fruits
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photo 1
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photo 2
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photo 3
References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
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