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Butea monosperma (Lam.)Taub.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Butea Willd.

Butea monosperma (Lam.)Taub. [Preferred name]
    Butea braamania DC. {Synonym}
    Butea frondosa Roxb. {Synonym}
    Butea frondosa Willd. {Synonym}
    Butea frondosa var. lutea (Witt.)Maheshw. {Synonym}
    Erythrina monosperma Lam. {Synonym}
    Plaso monosperma (Lam.)Kuntze {Synonym}
    Plaso monosperma var. flava Kuntze {Synonym}
    Plaso monosperma var. rubra Kuntze {Synonym}
    Rudolphia frondosa (Willd.)Poir. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Bastard Teak [2005]; Bengal Kino [1902]; Dhak [2005]; Flame Of The Forest [1938, 2005]; Nourouc [3056]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [3383]; Bhutan (N) [1947]; Burma (I) [2005]; Cambodia (N) [1942]; China (N) [1179, 3423]; Guangxi [3423]; Yunnan [3423]; India (N) [261, 1915, 1942, 2005, 3009, 3017, 3020, 3024, 3027, 3028, 3035, 3040, 3042, 3050, 3092, 3094, 3140, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3376, 3377, 3378, 3584, 3590, 3609]; Andhra Pradesh [3009]; Arunachal Pradesh [3040]; Assam [3590]; Bihar [3609]; Dadra-Nagar-Haveli [3094]; Delhi [3372]; Gujarat [3017]; Haryana [3373]; Himachal Pradesh [3140]; Jammu-Kashmir [3584]; Karnataka [3020]; Kerala [3050]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3024]; Meghalaya [3042]; Orissa [3376]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3028]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3092]; Uttar Pradesh [3035]; West Bengal [3378]; Indonesia (N) [1942, 2005, 3898]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Laos (N) [1942]; Myanmar (N) [1914, 2005, 3504]; Nepal (N) [1914, 2005, 3369, 3504]; Pakistan (N) [1938, 2005]; Sri Lanka (N) [1942, 1957, 2005, 3705]; Thailand (N) [1971, 2005]; Vietnam (N) [1942]
  Australasia
Papua New Guinea (I) [261]
  Caribbean
Dominica (I) [1790]; St Vincent (I) [1790]
  Indian Ocean
Mauritius (I) [1915]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [261, 1915, 1938, 1942, 1947, 1957, 2005, 3423, 3465, 3504, 3705, 3898] ; Distribution Map [3504] ; Illustration [261, 1938, 1942, 1947, 2005, 3386, 3423, 3504]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [261] [1915] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Tree [261] [1915] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] [1915] ; Source(s): 1990 (Americas Update) Zarucchi JL, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extr

  
USES:
  Chemical products [3030, 3465, 3705]; Domestic [3056]; Environmental [261, 1915, 1938, 2005]; Fibre [3030, 3034]; Food and Drink [3034]; Forage [2280, 3382]; Medicine [1938, 3030, 3034, 3056]; Miscellaneous [1938, 1947, 3034, 3705]; Wood [3030, 3034]

  
NOTES:
  Cut bark yields a red gum. [261]
  Native of India; widely cultivated in the Tropics. [261]

  
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