Palash Tree- Indian Beauty

Flame of the Forest/ Palash Tree is a very beautiful tree with bright crimson orange coloured flowers. This is the state flower of Madhya Pradesh as well as Jharkhand.

Flame of the Forest, also known as Palash Tree is a very beautiful Indian tree with bright crimson orange coloured flowers. Flame of the Forest/Palash Tree is such a tree when it is in its fullest beauty, it can change the view of the entire forest in a very graceful way. From the month of January to March, the tree stands it all its glory with a lot of orange and vermilion flowers that covers the entire crown. Palash trees are distinct as they have more flowers than leaves. This is the state flower of Madhya Pradesh as well as Jharkhand.

Different Names of Flame of the Forest/ Palash Tree
The scientific name of the tree is ‘Butea Monosperma’. Its family is ‘Leguminosae’ and sub-family is ‘Papilonaceae’. It’s called in several names in Hindi language like ‘Chichra tesu’, ‘Desuka Jhad’, ‘Dhak’, ‘Palas’, ‘Chalcha’ and ‘Kankrei’. In Urdu it is called as ‘Palashpapra’. The Bengali people call it as ‘Palas’ or ‘Palashi’ and the Tamils call it as ‘Porasum’ or ‘Parasu’. It is named like ‘Muriku’ and ‘Shamata’ in Malayalam, ‘Modugu’ in Telugu, ‘Khakda’ in Gujarati and ‘Kela’ in Sinhalese. In English it has two names; ‘Flame of the Forest’ and ‘Parrot Tree’.