Butea monosperma Syn.:
Butea frondosa
common names:
Flame of the Forest,
bastard teak,
battle of Plassey tree,
Bengal kino,
palas tree,
parrot tree etc.
Fabaceae ,
an MPTS (multipurpose tree species) native to India.
The leaves are pinnate, with three leaflets.
The hindi phrase ढाक के तीन पात (“Dhaak ke teen paat”) comes from the prominent three leaflets of this tree.
In olden days, the flowers of Tesu were used to make color for the festival of Holi.
A traditional medicinal plant also yield gum.
Leaves are ideal fodder.
A postal stamp was issued by the Indian Postal Department to commemorate this flower.
Surendra Parihar