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Palasha

Local Name	:	Palasha
Botanical Name	:	Butea monosperma (Lam.) Kuntze
Common Name	:	Flame of the forest, Palasha
Family	:	Fabaceae
Distribution	:	The species is distributed throughout India and commonly observed in north western part of Odisha.
Habit	:	Tree
Short Description	:	It is a medium-sized deciduous tree native to the Indian subcontinent, renowned for its vibrant orange-red flowers that bloom in spring.

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Descriptions

It is a medium sized tree with crooked trunk and rough, dark brown or bluish grey bark. Leaves are pinnate with often 3 leaflets and leaflets rigidly coriaceous, glabrous above and pubescent beneath. Flowers bright orange red and rarely yellow and calyx campanulate. Fruit pod, compressed and brown when mature.

Flowering & Fruiting Period

February - July

Use(s)

The bark is used for the treatment of ulcers.