Butea
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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]
Butea monosperma is used for timber, resin, fodder, herbal medicine, and dyeing.
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Taxonomy
Butea is named after John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713-1792), member of parliament, prime minister for one year, and a patron of botany.[5] William Roxburgh erected the genus Butea in 1795, but it became a nomen invalidum. Carl Willdenow validated the name Butea in 1802.
Uses
Butea monosperma, called kiṃśukha in Sanskrit, is used in Ayurvedic medicine to treat various symptoms.[6]
Species
Forty-two names have been published in Butea,[7] but forty of these are either synonyms or names of species that have been transferred to other genera.[4] Five species are currently accepted.[1]
- Butea buteiformis (Voigt) GriersonScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (syn. Megalotropis buteiformis, Meizotropis buteiformis) – Himalayas, India, Myanmar, and northern Thailand
- Butea monosperma (Lam.) KuntzeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (syn. Butea frondosa, Erythrina monosperma) – flame-of-the-forest, bastard teak, pâlāsh – Indian subcontinent, Indochina, and southern China
- Butea pellita Hook.f. ex PrainScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – west-central and central Himalayas
- Butea superba Roxb. ex Willd.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (syn. Plaso superba, Rudolphia superba) – India, Bangladesh, and Indochina
- Butea xizangensis X.Y.Zhu & Y.F.DuScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Tibet
References
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- ↑ a b Cite error: Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".
- ↑ Gwilym Lewis, Brian Schrire, Barbara MacKinder, and Mike Lock. 2005. Legumes of the World. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Richmond, England.
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- ↑ a b Munivenkatappa Sanjappa. 1987. "Revision of the genera Butea Roxb. ex Willd. and Meizotropis Voigt (Fabaceae)". Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India 29:199-225.
- ↑ Umberto Quattrocchi. 2000. CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names volume I. CRC Press: Boca Raton; New York; Washington, DC; USA. London, UK. Template:ISBN
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- ↑ Butea At: IPNI
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