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Butea
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thumb|250px|Butea monosperma seed pods 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. It is sometimes considered to have only two species, B. monosperma and B. superba, or is expanded to include four or five.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderFabales
  5. FamilyFabaceae
Native toAssam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Observations recorded7,119

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
38
With media
2
Family
Fabaceae
Collections
A, MO, MEL, NY, MNHN, UPS
Recorded in
China, India, Cochinchine [Vietnam], Laos

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Erythrininae
Image
STS 001 Butea monosperma.jpg
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Commons category
Butea
taxon name
Butea
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Butea
taxon common name
紫铆树属
different from
Butea
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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Taxonomy
  • Uses
  • Species
  • References
  • External links

thumb|250px|Butea monosperma seed pods 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. It is sometimes considered to have only two species, B. monosperma and B. superba, or is expanded to include four or five.

Butea monosperma is used for timber, resin, fodder, herbal medicine, and dyeing.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Butea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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