Butea

Butea

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  GUM Yielding Plant Buteamonosperma Dr. Vasanta I. Kahalkar Assistant Professor Department of Botany M. G. College, Armori
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  Butea monosperma • BotanicalName :Butea monosperma • Family : Fabaceae • Local Name : Palas • Origin and Distribution : It is native to tropical and subtropical parts of Indian subcontinent and south east Asia, ranging across the India Bangladesh, Nepal, Shrilanka, Thailand, Combodea, Malesea and western Indonesia. In India, it is found in all the state Maharashtra, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh.
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  Butea monosperma
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  Botanical Description • Amoderate size tree, found throughout the India external in the North West Himalaya as for as Jhelum. • A moderate deciduous tree, branched. Leaves compound, trifoliate, entire, ovate, petiolate, margin entire. glabrous above, densely grey silky beneath. Flowers in dense racemes orange- red colour, bisexual. Calyx densely velvety outside, clothed with silky hairs within. Stamen 10. Gynaecium monocarpellary. Fruit single seeded.
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  Cultivation • Seeds sowingin nurseries. Trees are propagated from seeds. Seedling are raised in nursery beds or in polythene bags. The seed beds are well manure. Seeds sowing time in most of the region extend from first week of June to last week of July. The seedling are ready for transplantation 8 -10 month after sowing. The seedlings are transplanted after 08-10 month in field. The planting is generally done in rainy season.
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  Use of Gum •The gum of Butea is used as asteringent, a substitute for Kino • It is also used in tannin.
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