Fabaceae

Butea superba Roxb. ex Willd.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Butea

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Butea superba: For this 1795 publication with detailed text description on flora in India, see William Roxburgh , Plants of the coast of Coromandel - Volume 1 Coromandel coast — Photo: Biodiversity Heritage Library, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (7)

arz: بوتيا سوبربا
Kannada: ಮುತ್ತುಗದ ಬಳ್ಳಿ
Korean: 부테아 수페르바
Malayalam: വള്ളിച്ചമത
Persian: بوتیا سوپربا
Thai: กวาวเครือแดง
Vietnamese: Gièng gièng đẹp

Synonyms

Plaso superba (Willd.) Kuntze
Rudolphia superba (Roxb. ex Willd.) Poir.

Photos

Photo: Biodiversity Heritage Library, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Adityamadhav83, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Lannafolium, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Nativeplants garden, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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). About our plant data.