Butea
Butea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the pea family, Fabaceae. It includes five species native to the Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Tibet, and southern China. It is sometimes considered to have only two species, B. monosperma and B. superba, or is expanded to include four or five.
| Butea | |
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| Butea monosperma flowers in India | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Phaseoleae |
| Genus: | Butea Roxb. ex Willd. (1802), nom. cons. |
| Type species | |
| Butea monosperma | |
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Butea monosperma is used for timber, resin, fodder, herbal medicine, and dyeing.
Butea is also a host to the lac insect, which produces natural lacquer.
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