Saraca asoca (Roxb.) W.J. de Wilde

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Saraca asoca

Photo: Mark Hyde
National Botanic Garden, Harare

Saraca asoca

Photo: Mark Hyde
National Botanic Garden, Harare

Saraca asoca

Photo: Mark Hyde
National Botanic Garden, Harare

Saraca asoca

Photo: Mark Hyde
National Botanic Garden, Harare

Saraca asoca

Photo: Mark Hyde
National Botanic Garden, Harare

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Synonyms: Jonesia confusa Hassk.
Saraca indica sensu auct. non L.
Common names: Ashok tree (English) Ashoka tree (English)
Description: Leaves 4—6-jugate, subsessile, c. 7—30 cm long; leaflets oblong to lanceolate; apex acute or acuminate; petiolules c. 5 mm; basal glands apparently absent. Corymbs compact, small, c. 1.5-15 cm; bracts small; bracteoles during anthesis persistent, erect, embracing the pedicel. Calyx tube 10—17 mm; lobes elliptic to obovate; apex rounded. Stamens 6—8. Pods elliptic to oblong, flat to mostly swollen, up to 1.5(—2) cm thick, when flat (and young) with thickened margin; apex shortly beaked.
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Worldwide distribution: Sri Lanka, India, East Pakistan and Burma west of the Irrawaddy
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Image last updated: Saturday 5 November 2016
Literature:

Zuijderhoudt, G.F.P. (1968). A Revision of the genus Saraca L. (Leguminosae - Caesalpinioideae) Blumea 15(2) Pages 422 - 423.

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Saraca asoca
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Saraca asoca
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Saraca asoca
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JSTOR Plant Science: Saraca asoca
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Saraca asoca
Plants of the World Online: Saraca asoca
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Wikipedia: Saraca asoca


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated Plants: Species information: Saraca asoca.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/species.php?species_id=228260, retrieved 28 March 2024

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