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Sunday, August 30, 2015

Polash Ful (পলাশ ফুল) - Butea monosperma

In Bengali literature, many famous poets have depicted many things with the Polash (পলাশ ফুল) in their work. Lot of poems, songs are available in Bengali which are related to this Polash Ful (পলাশ ফুল). English name of the flower is 'Flame of the Forest' because of the fire like red colored flowers. From far it looks like a piece of fire on the tree. Botanical name of this Polash flower (পলাশ ফুল) is Butea monosperma. It pertains to the plant family Fabaceae. This plant is native to India and it's proximity regions including our Bangladesh.






Polash (পলাশ) is a slow growing plant that can grow up to 40 feet in height. It is deciduous during dry season but produces thousands of flower that time. Color of the flower is red, bright orange, orange/red, etc. From the far sight the colorful flower resembles a piece of fire on the tree. These exotic flower doesn't have any fragrance.





Leafs are pinnate having long petiole with three leaflets. It is somewhat similar to the other bean leafs. Leaflets are 10-20 cm long. During the blooming season the leafs are very rare on the tree.

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