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Dhola khakhra

Butea monosperma

हिन्दी: पलाश

On the Rajasthan Board's rare and threatened plants list
Butea monosperma (Butea monosperma)

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Scientific name
Butea monosperma
Hindi name
पलाश
Family
Fabaceae, order Fabales
Group
Plant

The golden-yellow flame of the forest.

  • Spot it Dazzling yellow flowers on bare branches.
  • Home Dry forests.
  • Food web Birds and bees sip nectar from the flowers.
  • Why it matters A legume that adds nitrogen to soil and feeds birds and pollinators.

Read more: Butea monosperma on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanThe Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board lists it among the rare, endangered and threatened plants of Rajasthan, for southern Rajasthan.[2]
  • RajasthanThe Board gives its local name as Dhola khakhra.[2]
  • RajasthanThe Board describes it as a tree of the Fabaceae family.[2]
  • RajasthanThe Board's remark: listed as variety lutea.[2]

Sources

  1. Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board. List of Rare, Endangered and Threatened Plants of Rajasthan (55 plants) (government). Official list, published as a PDF.
  2. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  3. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
  4. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

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