Butea monosperma (ankit sharda)

Butea monosperma

1. BUTEAMONOSPERMA
Name –ANKIT SHARDA
Roll no –6025

2. CONTENT
▧INTRODUCTION
▧DESCRIPTION
▧SILVICULTURAL PRACTICES
(Nursery Technique)
▧ECONOMICAL IMPORTANCE

3. INTRODUCTION
▧It is a species of butea native to tropicaland sub-tropicalparts of the
Indian subcontinent and southeast asiaranging across
India,Bangladesh,sri-lanka, Vietnam .
▧Common name-flame of the forest,palash,bastardteak,battleof
Plassey tree
▧Scientific name –BUTEA MONOSPERMA

4. ▧Other name
▧ 1. hindi –dhak,palash ,tisu,parrot tree,bangal kino.
▧ 2. Punjabi-chichra, dhak,palas.
▧BUTEA MONOSPERMA
▧kingdom-plantae
▧Family–fabaceae
▧Genus–butea species-b. monosperma

5. Description
▧Palash is a medium sized tree .
▧Palash is growing from 20 to 40 feet high .
▧In december-january ,most of the leaves fall but from January to
march,it truly become a tree of flame.
▧In older days , the flowers were used to make colour for the festival of
holi.
▧The plant has lent its name to the town of palashi (west Bengal)
famous for the historical battle of Plassey (1757)

6. Growing requirement
1.light2.soil
3.Water 4.climate

7. ▧1.Light----it can grow in a shaded area as well yet it
grow best in full sun to particle shade
▧Around 6-7 hours of bright sunlight is beneficial for its
growth.
▧2.Soil---fertile loamy soil with consistent moisture
,ph-8-9
▧3. water –during the hot and dry season, water up to
2inch of water per week while it should be reduced to
around 1inch during the peak growth season.

8. ▧4.climate—it require wide temperature .
▧ the temperature ranging from 30degree c to 40
degree c.
▧ the plant does well in tropical and sub-tropical
climates .

9. Sowing and land preparation
▧Freshly harvested seeds are the most vaiablesource of plant
reproduction .
▧For best result,theseeds can be soaked in water before
sowing .
▧Before planting the seeds , the field should be well proughed
to prepare the land .
▧The seed bed to sow around 2.5cms deep and distance 20-
30cm. Each row around 10cm apart .
▧After planting the seeds and covering it with soil,itneeds
immediate irrigation .

10. fertilizer
▧You can apply organic fertilizer or well rotted cow dung manure during
the growing season (dec-feb)
▧You can even use a fertilizer with high nitrogen content 3:1:2 twice the
growing period .

11. Pest and their control
▧The most common danger to the young seeds and plants is from cattle
.
▧the rats and parcupinesalso present an imminent danger of danger to
the plant.
▧Insect can also harm the sapling .
▧To protect the plant, you can spray neem oil or eucalyptus oil at the
base.
▧Remove any infected or dead parts as soon as you spot.

12. IMAGES OF PLANTS

13. Images of plants

14. Nursery Technique
▧The Seeds can be direcijy sown in polypot Germination takes upto 15
days. Some what slow growing. One year old seedlings are better for
planting. In 30 x 45 cm size bags the seedlings attain 3 feet in 6
months.
▧ Seed Collection time ------------------May -July
No. of Seeds per kg -----------------------About 1000
Viability ---------------------------------------Less than 6 months
Germination percentage------------------75%
Seed Treatment -------------------------Nil -Seeds must be
extracted from the
pod.

15. Economical importance
▧The most important use of this tree is as a host of a lac insect
for the production of ranginilac. It is cultivated in Madhya
Pradesh,bihar
▧The spices is suitable for raw material for the production of
newsprint.
▧The leaves are lobed for fodder for buffalo and used for
making leaf plates and cups
▧Flowers yield orange dye for colouring cotton fabriesbut has
little permanency.

16. ▧The seed contain 18% oil called moodogaoil . It is effective
treatment for hookworm
▧A red dye is obtained from the roots
▧The bark is a source of tannes.
▧The seeds are used for antifungal,antibacterialproperties.
▧The leaves contain many Ayurveda practitioners use to trat
ailment like blood pressure and diarrhea.
▧The roots are beneficalin controlling problems like night
blindness,cataractand tumors.
▧The flowers are used in worship by hindusand its extract is
used in making holiccolour kesarias well as fabric dye.

17. ▧The stem bark finds great use in medicines of
goiter,diarrhea,sorethroat.
▧The leaves of the palash tree work great as organic mulch for
plants .
▧Palash leaves powder helps in reducing high blood sugar
level by improving metabolism .