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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MC008 : Butea superba Roxb.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 110  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Fabales
Family : Fabaceae
Genus : Butea
Species : Butea superba Roxb.
Plant Location in Melghat : In Semadoh,Dhakna & Chikhaldara Range  
Plant Category : Climbers  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Fabaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Palas vel, red kwao krua, creeping butea, butea gum tree, flame of the forest, and climbing palas,
 
Synonym : Plaso superba (Willd.) Kuntze
Rudolphia superba (Willd.) Poir.
Description : Butea superba is a large, evergreen climbing shrub with stems 20cm or more in diameter that can climb to the tops of large trees, twining around the branches for support.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : Supposed effects on rejuvenation and sexual vigor;
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : Beta-sitosterol
campesterol
stigmasterol
Superbanone
Reference : ~ J. Lenin Bapuji and S. Venkat Ratnam; "Traditional Uses of Some Medicinal Plants by tribals of Gangaraju Madugula Mandal of Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh"; Ethnobotanical Leaflets (2009); 13: 388-98 PMID :

~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :