Butea

MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE

Sorting Butea Names

Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :

Butea frondosa Roxb. ex Willd. -> Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub.
Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub.
Butea parviflora Roxb. ex DC.
Butea sericophylla Wall. -> Butea parviflora Roxb. ex DC.
Butea superba Roxb.

Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub.

SYNONYM(S) : Butea frondosa Roxb. ex Willd., Erythrina monosperma Lam., Phaso monosperma (Lam.) Kuntze

ARABIC : بو تيه Bûtîyah.

ASSAMESE : Polash.

BENGALI : Kinshuk, পলাশ Palash, Polashi .

BURMESE :

   Pauk.

ENGLISH : Bastard teak, Bengal kino, Flame of the forest, Kino tree, Parrot tree.

FRENCH : Arbre à laque, Butée à une graine.

GERMAN : Kinobaum, Lackbaum, Malabar-Lackbaum, Palasabaum, Plossobaum

GUJARATI : Khakda, ખાખરો , કેસૂડો Kesuudo, બ્યુટિયા મોનોસ્પર્મા (transcript. of Bot. name).
HINDI : Chichra tesu, Chalcha, Desuka jhad, डाक Dhaak, ढाक Dhak, Kankrei, पलाश Palash (Palaasha), Palas, टेसू Tesu.

ITALIAN : Butea.

KANNADA : Muthuga.

MALAY : Palasa, Ploso (Java).

MALAYALAM : Chamata, Muriku, Plasu, Shamata .
MARATHI : पळस Palas, Palaash.

PUNJABI : Keshu.

RUSSIAN : Бутия односеменная, Лесное пламя.

SANSKRIT : समिध Samidha, किंशुक .

SINHALESE : Kela.

TAMIL : பலாசம் Palasham, Parasu, Porasum, புரசு   Purasu.

TELUGU : Modugu, Modugu chettu, పలాశము Palashamu.
THAI : ทองกวาว Tong gwaao.

TURKISH : Yalan sac ağaçı.

URDU : Palashpapra.

Butea parviflora Roxb. ex DC.

SYNONYM(S) : Butea sericophylla Wall., Spatholobus parviflorus (Roxb. ex DC.) Kuntze

FRENCH : Butée à petites fleurs.

HINDI : Maula, Maulu.

TAMIL : Pilacchi valli.

Butea superba Roxb.

SYNONYM(S) : Plaso superba (Willd.) Kuntze, Rudolphia superba (Willd.) Poir.

ENGLISH : Red kwao krua.*

FRENCH : Butée superbe.

HINDI : Chhola kibel, Chihunt, Palas lata.

THAI : กวาวเครือแดง Kwao krua daeng (Gwaao kreua daeng).

* There are mentions on various WWW sites of a "White Kwao Krua " (Pueraria mirifica Airy Shaw & Suvat.), a "Black Kwao Krua" and a "Dull Grey Kwao Krua". However the last 2 remain unidentified.

REFERENCES
General Bibliography

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Specific & complementary

Contributors to this page (Personal communication) : Dinesh Valke.

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