Butea
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- Butea is also a commune in Iaşi County, Romania, see Butea, Iaşi.
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Butea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the pea family, Fabaceae. It includes many species of trees, shrubs, and lianas. Several species produce resins used in cosmetics or ayurvedic medicine. Butea monosperma or Butea frondosa, known as Dhak, Flame of the Forest, Pâlāsh (primarily in Bengal) or Bastard Teak, is native to India and Southeast Asia, where it is used for timber, resin, fodder, medicine, and dye; it is also a host to the lac insect, which produces natural lacquer.
[edit] Species
- Butea acuminata
- Butea affinis
- Butea africana
- Butea apoensis
- Butea balansae
- Butea braamiana
- Butea bracteolata
- Butea buteiformis
- Butea crassifolia
- Butea dubia
- Butea ferruginea
- Butea gyrocarpa
- Butea harmandii
- Butea laotica
- Butea listeri
- Butea littoralis
- Butea loureirii
- Butea macroptera
- Butea maingayi
- Butea merguensis
- Butea minor
- Butea monosperma (syn. Butea frondosa): Flame of the Forest, Bastard Teak, Pâlāsh
- Butea oblongifolia
- Butea parviflora
- Butea pellita
- Butea peltata
- Butea philippinensis
- Butea pottingeri
- Butea pulchra
- Butea purpurea
- Butea ridleyi
- Butea riparia
- Butea rosea
- Butea sanguinea
- Butea sericophylla
- Butea spirei
- Butea squamigera
- Butea suberecta
- Butea superba
- Butea varians
- Butea volubilis
