Taxon: Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub.

Common names:

• bastard-teak   (Source: Pl Book ) – English
  
• Bengal kino   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  
• dhak   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• flame-of-the-forest   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• arbre à laque   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• Kinobaum   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• Lackbaum   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• palas   (Source: Wealth India RM 1) – India
  
• palash   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – India
  
• tissoträd   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)
  
• Invertebrate food: lac insects   (fide Agroforestry 6:10. 1994; Plant Trees)
  
• Materials: fiber   (fide Agroforestry 6:10. 1994)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Wealth India RM 1:251. 1948; Herbs Commerce ed2; Biodiv Conserv 13:459. 2004)
  

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Distributional range:

• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India; Nepal; Pakistan [n.]; Sri Lanka
  Indo-China: Cambodia; Laos; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam
  Malesia: Indonesia - Java; Malaysia

• also cultivated

References:

• Agroforest. Today 6:7.
• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960–. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature.
• Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1948–1976. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. Delhi. 1:251.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Kala, C. P. et al. 2004. Prioritization of medicinal plants on the basis of available knowledge, existing practices and use value status in Uttaranchal, India. Biodivers. & Conservation 13:459.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Luna, R. K. 1996. Plantation trees.
• Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
• National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future.
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Saldanha, C. J. & D. H. Nicolson. 1976. Flora of Hassan district.
• Webster's third new international dictionary.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Butea monosperma.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Butea monosperma.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Butea monosperma.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Butea frondosa Roxb. ex Willd.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (≡) Erythrina monosperma Lam. (basionym)
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other web resources for Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub.:

• ILDIS: World Database of Legumes
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images or nodulation data:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• GRIN nodulation data

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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