Butea monosperma
Butea monosperma is a species of Butea native to tropical and sub-tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia, ranging across Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, and western Indonesia. Common names include flame-of-the-forest, dhak, palash, and bastard teak. Revered as sacred by Hindus, it is prized for producing an abundance of vivid blooms, and it is also cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental. Butea monosperma is stunning as a specimen tree.
| Butea monosperma | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Butea |
| Species: | B. monosperma |
| Binomial name | |
| Butea monosperma | |
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