Authors : Rajendra Patil and Minakshi Mahajan
Page Nos : 48-50
Description :
Two varieties of Butea monosperma namely var. monosperma and lutea. In variety lutea flowers are golden in colour and flower buds are ivory-white colour. Butea monsperma var lutea(Witt) Maheshw. is included in IUCN Red list of Threatened species. It is commonly known as Flame of the forest. Two trees of Golden butea is reported in flowering and fruiting stage for the first time on Bombay Pune highway, Pune in January 2018. It was reported by Shrikant Ingalhalikar. The news was published in Sakal newspaper dated 28th January 2018. The paper deals with the distribution, status in red data list, medicinal and economic uses, its description and their cultivation and photographs are provided for reference and identification.
