Butea
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This article is about the genus of flowering plants. For the commune in Romania, see Butea, Iaşi.
Not to be confused with Butia.
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.[1] It is sometimes considered to have only two species, B. monosperma and B. superba,[2] or is expanded to include four or five.[3]
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Butea monosperma flowers in India | |
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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. |
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Butea monosperma | |
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Butea monosperma is used for timber, resin, fodder, herbal medicine, and dyeing.
Butea[clarification needed] is also a host to the lac insect, which produces natural lacquer.[4]