Flame of the Forest (Single flower)

Description:

The tree is a medium sized dry season-deciduous tree, growing to 15 m tall. From January to April it truly becomes a tree of flame, a riot of orange and vermilion flowers covering the entire crown. The flowers are 2.5 cm long, bright orange-red, and produced in racemes up to 15 cm long.

Habitat:

Butea monosperma is a species of Butea native to tropical and sub-tropical parts of the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, ranging across India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand,

Notes:

In villages of many parts of India, for example in Maharashtra, this tree provides leaves that are used either with many pieced together or singly (only in case of a banana leaf) to make a leaf-plate for serving a meal over