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[[File:Butea monosperma - Flame of the Forest flowers at Wayanad (4).jpg|thumb|right|''Palāśaḥ'']]
'''Palāśaḥ''' consists of seed of Butea monosperma (Lam.) Kuntze, syn. B. frondosa Roxb. (Fam. Fabaceae), It is a moderate sized deciduous tree, commonly called ''Flame of the Forest'', found throughout . It is native to India upto a height of 1250 m, except in the arid zones.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Diarrhoea}}, {{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Hookworms}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|Liver disorders}}.
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|}}, {{Parts Used|}}, {{Parts Used|}}, {{Parts Used|Young roots}}.
==Chemical Composition==
The plant contains flavonoids and glucosides—butin, butrin, isobutrin and palastrin. Flowers contain butrin, coreopsin, monospermoside and their derivatives and sulphurein; also chalcones.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=ಮುತ್ತುಗ Muttuga, ಪಲಾಶ Palasha|ml=Chamata|sa=Kimshuka|gu=Kesudo|ta=Kincukam|mr=Dhak|pa=Dhak|te=Kimsukamu|hi=Dhak, Palash|en=Bastard teak, Battle of Plassey tree}}<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|pinkPink||Flowering throughout the year and In terminal and/or axillary pseudoracemes}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|oblong Oblong pod|Thinly septate, pilose, wrinkled|||seeds Seeds upto 5|Fruiting throughout the year}}
===Other features===
==How to plant/cultivate==
A tree of drier areas in tropical and subtropical climates growing at low to moderate elevations up to 1,500 metres.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Found throughout the drier parts of India}}, {{Commonly seen|Often gregarious in forests}}, {{Commonly seen|Open grasslands}}, {{Commonly seen|Wastelands}}.
==Photo Gallery==
==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">The Ayuredic Pharmacopoeia of India Part-1, Volume-5, Page no-14[http://gbpihedenvis.nic.in/PDFs/Glossary_Medicinal_Plants_Springer.pdf Chemical composition]</ref><ref name="Leaf">[ Morphology]</ref><ref name="MorphologyCommon names">[https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/b/butea-monosperma Common names]</ref><ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ "http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Butea+monosperma Cultivation detail"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/31135 Butea monosperma on indiabiodiversity.org]
* [http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Flame%20of%20the%20Forest.html Butea monosperma on flowersofindia.net]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Fabaceae]]
