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

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National Botanic Garden, Harare

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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