Fabaceae

Bengal kino

Butea monosperma (Lam.) Kuntze

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Butea

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Bengal kino (Butea monosperma) — FlowerPhoto: Ravuri Krishna Chaitanya, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (5)

Chinese: 三品一枝花, 紫矿, 紫矿（紫铆）, 紫铆, 紫铆树, 绒毛紫矿
English: Bengal kino, Bastard teak, Flame of the Forest, Flame-of-the-forest, Palash, Palasha
Japanese: パラッシュ
shn: တူၼ်ႈၵၢဝ်, မႆႉၵၢဝ်
Tamil: பலாசம், பலாசு, புனமுருக்கு, புரசை, பொரசு, முருக்கன்

Synonyms

Butea braamania DC.
Butea braamiana DC.
Butea frondosa Roxb.
Butea frondosa Roxb. ex Willd.
Butea frondosa var. lutea (Witt.) Maheshw.
Butea frondosa var. lutea D.O.Witt
Butea monosperma var. lutea (D.O.Witt) Maheshw.
Corallodendron monospermum (Lam.) Kuntze
Erythrina monosperma Lam.
Erythrina polysperma Pritz.
Kennedia monosperma (Lam.) Steud.
Plaso frondosa (Roxb.) A.Lyons
Plaso monosperma (Lam.) Kuntze
Plaso monosperma var. flava Kuntze
Plaso monosperma var. rubra Kuntze
Rudolphia frondosa (Roxb.) Poir.

Flowers

In flower: January to March (from 298 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Ravuri Krishna Chaitanya, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Jahnavee Palsodkar (she/her), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Malaika Mathew Chawla, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Malaika Mathew Chawla, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: SumaTagadur 05:01, 28 March 2007, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Shyamal, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Malaika Mathew Chawla, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Swarochi Tathagath, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Aditya Rao, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.