Talk:Butea monosperma

Much of what was on the Butea article actually referred to just this one only, so I transferred most of the specific stuff to here, and trimmed down the Butea article.Colinvlr (talk) 20:50, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Flame of forest?
Which one is Flame of forest, this one, or Delonix regia?Lilaac (talk) 20:45, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Undoubtedly it is Butea monosperma. I have seen tracks and jungles of both. See the uploaded picture of a Butea forest. - Gopalan evr (talk) 03:35, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Non-English poetry
I have moved the following poem from the text. For an English language encyclopedia, this isn't helpful without an English translation. If someone would like to provide a translation and then return it to the article, that would be great. Deli nk (talk) 19:13, 22 July 2017 (UTC) ਤਪਦੇ ਕੇਸੂ ਛੂਹਣ ਲਈ ਵਲ ਰੋਹੀਆਂ ਜਾਵੇਂ, ਮੰਗੂ ਮੇਰੇ ਦੂਰ ਨੇ ਕਿਸੇ ਬ੍ਰਿਛ ਦੀ ਛਾਂਵੇਂ, ਭੇਦ ਪੁਰਾਣਾ ਕਦੋਂ ਦਾ, ਵਲ ਪੱਤਣਾਂ ਚਾਇਆ, ਮਨ ਪਰਦੇਸੀ ਜੇ ਥੀਐ, ਸਭ ਦੇਸ ਪਰਾਇਆ। -ਝਨਾਂ ਦੀ ਰਾਤ (੩੯੧) Tapade kesū chūhaṇa laī vala rohīāṃ jāveṃ, maṃgū mere dūra ne kise bricha dī chāṃveṃ, bheda purāṇā kadoṃ dā, vala pattaṇāṃ cāiā, mana paradesī je thīai, sabha desa parāiā. -Jhanāṃ dī rāta (391)

Threats
I think you should tell people about threats of Palash Flower 2405:201:600F:8D4:8CB1:E638:AD5A:6D21 (talk) 05:22, 7 January 2022 (UTC)

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Theravada Buddhism
I removed this sentence from the section Cultural associations:


 * In Theravada Buddhism, called Medhankara – මේධංකර, Butea monosperma is said to have been used as the tree to achieve enlightenment, or Bodhi, by Buddha. The plant is known as කෑල in Sinhala.

Basically, I found the source that it may have been taken from:

but then if we look up the Cowen source, there is no reference to Theravada Buddhism!

Since I don't know Sinhala, i can't check any original sources. Please let me know if you know more. Drew Stanley (talk) 02:27, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

In other languages
The below section was removed from the article.

I did not create the section, but i believe we can fix it and put it back in. the reason is that many of the english sources actually use these names (like palasha) to describe the plant. It used to be in the introductory section - the whole list, and some of the elements are redirects (again like palasha), but I moved it for readability. I am working on fixing the section to make it standard as well as adding references that can be found.

@Elmidae, @I dream of horses fyi Drew Stanley (talk) 19:02, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

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• paaraas/tens  Kurmali

• polash পলাশ Bengali

• polāx পলাশ Assamese

• moduga మోదుగ Telugu

• palash ପଳାଶ Odia

• semarkat api (Malay)

• palay (Pushto)

• khakda (Gujarati)

• palashpapra (Urdu)

• pauk (Burmese)

• porasum, parasu (Tamil)

• shamata (Malayalam)

• kela (Sinhala)

• ploso (Javanese)

• kinshuk

• chichra tesu

• desuka jhad

• chalcha

• kankrei

• muriku Drew Stanley (talk) 19:02, 25 April 2024 (UTC)