Flame of The Forest
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Butea Frondosa is a wide-ranging deciduous tree known for its bright orange fire-like flowers, hence the name. Its wood is used to make utensils, its leaves to serve food, and flowers are used to make dyes. Worshipped as a sacred tree by Hindus, it is widely cultivated over Southeast Asia. This image was originally published in Belgium in the year 1863 by Berthe van Nooten, as one of a series of forty Southeast Asian botanical lithographs depicting fruits and flowers.