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Butea monosperma bark

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Butea monosperma bark in plain language

What it is

On cosmetic ingredient lists it appears as “Butea monosperma bark extract”.

Also known as Butea monosperma bark extract · Bastard teak bark · Dhak bark · Flame of the forest bark · Keshu bark · Kesudo bark

Show all 16 names

Palah bark · Palash bark · Parrot tree bark · Butea braamania bark · Butea frondosa bark · Corallodendron monospermum bark · Erythrina monosperma bark · Kennedia monosperma bark · Plaso monosperma bark · Rudolphia frondosa bark

What it does

Used in cosmetics as a skin-conditioning agent. Butea Monosperma Bark Extract is the extract of the bark of Butea monosperma, Fabaceae.

  • Skin conditioning
Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

What we know about this ingredient

FDA GSRS classifies this ingredient as ingredient substance structurallydiverse.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Butea monosperma bark appears in these published regulatory listings.

  • EUCosIngActiveButea Monosperma Bark Extract is the extract of the bark of Butea monosperma, Fabaceae.
    • Butea Monosperma Bark Extract is the extract of the bark of Butea monosperma, Fabaceae.Source →
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as structurallydiverse.
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as structurallydiverse.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Butea monosperma bark. These are the independent scientific bodies that assess ingredients like this one; we show an opinion only when a record we hold cites it.

  • SCCS

    EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety

    No SCCS opinion on file.

  • CIR

    Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)

    No CIR safety assessment on file.

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Butea monosperma bark yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

3 data sources

Where this comes from

  • CosIng

    regulatory · updated 2026-09-23

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  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

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  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

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Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.