Butea monosperma Palash Palasa Tesu phool Lac

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Butea monosperma

Scientific Name and Description

Butea monosperma (Lamk.) Taubert

Herb Family

Fabaceae

Plant type

Tree

Plant Synonyms

Butea frondosa ROXB. ET KOEN.
Butea monosperma (LAM.) TAUB. var. monosperma
Butea frondosa Roxb. ex Willd.
Erythrina monosperma Lam.
Plaso monosperma (Lam.) Kuntze

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

English	bastard teak, bengal kino, dhak, Flame of the Forest, muduga oil, palas, tisso flowers
Hindi	chhola, chichra, chinchra, chuniagond, desukajhad, dhak, dhara, faras, kakria, kankeri, kankrei, kesu, kesuda, khakario, khakra, khankhera, khankhro, khankra, palah, palas, palas (dhak), palas-ke-binj, palas-ki-gond, phalas, plah, tasu, tesu, Palash, Dhak
Kannada	brahma vriksha, brahmavriksha, brahmavryksha, kamata, meghanaada, mottuga, muthingee, muthli, muthuga, muthuge, muttaga-mara, muttagamara, muttakka, muttala, mutthala beeja, mutthala mara, mutthalu, mutthuga, mutthugada aele, mutthugada mara, muttuga, muttuga-gida, muttuge, mutukinaballi, palasa, thoras, vaathapotha mara, Mollu
Malayalam	brahmavriksham, brahmavryksham, camata, chamada, chamata, chamatha, kimshukam, kimsukam, mukampuyam, mukappuyam, mukkampuyam, mukkappuyam, murikku, muriku, murukka-maram, murukkamaram, murukku, palas, palasi, palasie, palasincamata, palasinjamatapuppalasi, palasinsamatha, palaso, pilacam, pilacham, pilasu, plach-cha, plas, plasa, plash, plaso, plasu, pupalasai, puppalasi, ralasa, samatha, shamata,Chilaru
Marathi	kakracha, murkampoo, palas, palash, paras, phalas, phulas,Palash, Dhak
Sanskrit	asana, bandhukapushpa, bijasneha, brahmavriksha, brahmavrksah, bramhapadapa, bramhopaneta, hastikarnapalasha, ka, kamalasana, karaka, kashtadru, kimsuka, kinshuka, kinsuka, kinsukah, krimighna, ksarasrestha, ksharashreshtha, ksharasresthah, lakshataru, Palaashaka, palasa, palasah, palasha, palashabijam, palashaniryasam, palashavrikshaha, parna, putadru, raktapushpaka, raktapuspaka, samidvara, sharashreshdna, sruvavrksa, suparni, tapasavrksah, tripatraka, tripatrika, vakrapushpaka, vatapotha, vatapothah, yajnika
Tamil	ankarikam, ankaritam, antaraputpam, carapala, cavulaka, cayikkari, cayikkarimaram, cira, cirettam, ciyu, cuccam, elaiporasu, ilaippuracai, ilaippuracamaram, irattaputpam, kalavacu, kali, kali, kalicceti, kaliram, kampiram, kancikai, kattumurukku, kettimekitamaram, kettimetikam, kincukam, kincuki, kinjugam, kirumicatturu, kiruminacam, kirumisatturu, mukkampuyam, mukkappuyam, mukkukkavalam, mukkukkavalamaram, mullumurukku , mullumurunkai murkampoo, murrukku, murukkam, murukkam pu, murukkam vittu, murukkampu, murukkan, murukkan vidai, murukkan-maram, murukkanmaram, murukkilai, murukku, mutpalacu, mutpalacumaram, nervanikam, nervanikamaram, palacam, palacu, palacumaram, palasam, palasham, palasu, paliru, paliruvi, parasa, parasu, pariyam, pauttiramurunkai, pauttiramurunkai,pinayakkam, pinayakkamaram, piramataru, piramataru ,placu, pokamikavaci, porasu, porasum cottay, porasum verei, pun murunkai ver, punamurrungai, punamurukku, punamurukku ,punamurunkai, pungu, punku, puntanar, puntunar, pupalas, puppalacu, puracam, puracampattai, puracampu, puracu, puracumaram, puraicu, puraishu, purashu, purasu, purocu, putattunar, takar, takaru, takarumaram, tikkuru, tipanaracam, tiripatcakam, tiriviruntam, tirkkapalai, vakkiraputpam, vallai, vallaimaram, valliru,vanapattimam, vanapattimaram, vanapattiram, vanapattiramaram, vanapattiyam, velataram,velataramaram, velittukam, velittukamaram, vikacitam, vikacitamaram, vipannakam, vippirappiriyam, virumataru, vita, vitari, vitaricceti, Vanchi
Telugu	kimshukamu, kimsukamu, maduga, mataka, modagu, moduga, moduga chettu, moduga-chettu, modugu, mooduga, mothu, muduga, palaashamu, paladul, palasamu, palashamu, tellamoduga, thellamoduga, togaramoduga, togarnmoduga, togarumoduga, vatapodhamu, Kesula
Tibetan	rgya skyegs, rgya skyegs sin, tshos-sin
Urdu	chunia gond, dhak, dhak (tesu), gond chunya, gond dhak, gul-e-tesu, palas, palas papra, palashpapra, palaspapra (dhak), poast dhak, samagh-e-dhak, tesu
Common names	Butea frondosa, Palash,Dhak,Flame of the Forest
Gujrati	Khakhra
District Poonch of Jammu And Kashmir Region	Dhak

Plants Medicinal Value

Medicinal Systems

Ayurved

Unani

Siddha

Tibetan

Folk

Sowa Rigpa

Pharmacological profile

Phytochemicals

Flavonoids

Tannins

Herb usable parts

Roots

Stem

Bark

Wood

Leaves

Flowers

Fruits

Seeds

Gum

Whole plant

Ethanomedical Uses

Ethnopharmacology use

Leaves useful as tonic, in diabetes, leucorrhoea, congested and septic throat and in treating incontinence of urine and also used as mouth wash.
Flower extract applied over swelling for cooling effect.
Gum is effective in diarrhoea and dysentery.
Infusion of gum is used as local application for leucorrhoea.
Seeds are beneficial in certain skin diseases and in eliminating roundworms.

Source: Medicinal Plants in the Indian Arid Zone, March 2005, Director Central Arid Zone Research Institute Jodhpur 342 003

Irregular mensturation - Decoction of dried or fresh flowers is given to the patient for a period of one week.

Source: Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 2017; 6(1): 405-410

Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub. Palash Fabaceae Oral contraceptive, dysentery

Butea monosperma Fabaceae Seed Palas Pest of seed is applied on skin diseases.

Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub. Moduga Fabaceae Stem bark Menstrual pain, high bleeding

Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub. Palas Fabaceae Tree Bark Alkaloid, Tannin, Steroid, Flavonoids, Saponin, Glycoside, Protein, Amino Acid,

Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub.

Habit -Medium sized tree

Parts used -Seed, stem, bark, gum, flower, leaves

Application -Leucorrhoea; stop excessive bleeding after child birth; ringworm; snake bite; diarrhoea; dysentery; asthma; boils; wound; abdomen in pain; parasitic infection; rheumatic swelling; piles; menorrhegia; birth control; abortifacient;

Treatment -General; women

References -Bhat et al. 2014, Gairola et al. 2013, Jain et al. 2004, Kayani et al. 2014, Sharma et al. 2013