Butea monosperma(BUAMO)
Overview Code created in: 2001-10-07
- EPPO Code: BUAMO
- Preferred name: Butea monosperma
- Authority: (Lamarck) Taubert
Western Asia (Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina (except Thailand), China. Introduced in Indochina (Thailand), Malesia, New Guinea, Australia (Queensland). Often used as a host plant for the lac insect (Kerria lacca)
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Erythrina monosperma | Lamarck |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| bastard teak | English |
| flame of the forest | English |
| palas | English |
| Malabar-Lackbaum | German |
| Plossobaum | German |
| Waldfeuer | German |
| flamme de forêt | French |
| árvore-da-laca | Portuguese |
| zǐ kuàng | Chinese |
| 紫矿 | Chinese |
| dhaak | Hindi |
| palaash | Hindi |
| ढाक | Hindi |
| पलाश | Hindi |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Fabids (
1FABD )
Order
Fabales (
1FABO )
Family
Fabaceae (
1LEGF )
Subfamily
Papilionoideae (
1FABS )
Genus
Butea (
1BUAG )
Species
Butea monosperma (
BUAMO )