Family:
Fabaceae Lindl.
Genus:
Butea Roxb. ex Willd.

Butea superba Roxb. ex Willd.

This species is accepted, and its native range is India to Indo-China.

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Conservation
Not Threatened
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Climbing/Not climbing, Shrub/Tree
Vernacular
Chhola-Ki-Bel, Chihunt, Climbing Palas, Palas Lata

[ILDIS]
Use
Chemical products, Forage, Medicine

Native to:

Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam

Butea superba Roxb. ex Willd. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 1997 Wallich, N. [s.n.] K000900339 Yes
Nov 1, 1997 Wallich, N. [5438], Bangladesh K000900340 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5438], India K001120916 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5438] K001120917 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5438], India K001120915 Yes

First published in Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 3: 917 (1802)

Accepted by

  • Dy Phon, P. (2000). Dictionnaire des plantes utilisées au Cambodge: 1-915. chez l'auteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • Lock, J.M. & Heald, J. (1994). Legumes of Indo-China a checck-list: 1-164. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Meena, S.L. (2012). A checklist of the vascular plants of Banaskantha district, Gujarat, India Nelumbo 54: 39-91.
  • Sikarwar, R.L.S. (2014). Angiosperm diversity assessment of Chitrakootthe legendary place of Vindhyan range, India Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 38: 563-619.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Dy Phon, P. (2000). Dictionnaire des plantes utilisées au Cambodge: 1-915. chez l'auteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Lock, J.M. & Heald, J. (1994). Legumes of Indo-China a checck-list: 1-164. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Meena, S.L. (2012). A checklist of the vascular plants of Banaskantha district, Gujarat, India Nelumbo 54: 39-91.

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Ambasta, S. P. (1986). The useful plants of India
  • Gagnepain, F. (1913). In: Lecomte, H. (ed.), Flore Generale de L'Indochine 2, 2.
  • Jain, S. K. (1991). Dictionary of Indian Folk Medicine and Ethnobotany
  • Sanjappa, M. (1989). Bull. Bot. Surv. India 29: 199-225. Revision of the g. Butea...
  • Shetty, B. V. & Singh, V. (1987). Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1. Flora of India Series 2

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