Description for Palash, Butea Plant height: 9 - 15 inches Plant spread: 4 - 6 inches Palash plant grows as a medium-sized tree and is a native to India. The tree grows up to 40 feet high and has a distinctive appearance due to its grey bark, irregular branches and crooked trunk. . The tree doesn’t flower until January, and even its leaves fall until then. From January to March, the tree is loaded with orange flowers, which also lend it the most famous name, The Tree of the Flame. The flowers have five petals with a beak-shaped keel. The keel also earns it another colloquial name- parrot tree. Birds are the main pollinators of the flowers. The flowers grow in clusters on leafless branches. Common name(s): Flame of the Forest, Bastard teak, Battle of Plassey tree, Bengal kino, Palas tree, and Parrot tree. Flower colours: Orange/red Bloom time: January