Butea superba Roxb.
Butea superba Roxb.
MC008 : Butea superba Roxb.
| Plant Category | : | Climbers |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 110 |
| Synonym | : | Plaso superba (Willd.) Kuntze; Rudolphia superba (Willd.) Poir.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Palas vel, red kwao krua, creeping butea, butea gum tree, flame of the forest, and climbing palas, |
| Plant Family | : | Fabaceae |
| 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. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | In Semadoh,Dhakna & Chikhaldara Range |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Supposed effects on rejuvenation and sexual vigor; |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Beta-sitosterol; campesterol; stigmasterol; Superbanone; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (2): Beta-sitosterol; Stigmasterol; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- Boonsombat J, et. al. "Superbanone, A new 2 Aryl 3 benzofuranone and other Bioactive constituents from the tube roots of Butea superba.", Chem Biodivers; PMID: 28374446 |
| 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 : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Fabales |
| Family | : Fabaceae |
| Genus | : Butea |
| Species | : Butea superba Roxb. |