Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Caesalpiniaceae | Genus: Saraca | Species: Saraca asoca (Roxb.) Willd. |
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Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Saraca confusa (Hassk.) Backer, Jonesia asoca Roxb. | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Ashok, Sita Ashok | Flower Type | Corymb |
| English / Trade Name | Sorrowless tree | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Ashoka | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up to 600 m | Fruit Type | Pod |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit flat, oblong 15 X 4.5 cm, apiculate, seeds obovate-orbiculate |
| Habitat | Occurs in understorey tree along stream in evergreen to semi-evergreen forests | Bark Type | Fissured |
| Distribution | India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Myanmar | Bark Details | Bark lenticellate, dark, shallowly fissured blazepPurplish |
| Distribution in manipur | Origin | Native | |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Lence shaped | ||
| Description of Species | An erect tree, small and evergreen with a smooth, grey-brown bark, the crown is compact and shapely | Leaf Details | Leaves distichous, stipules caducous, rachis pulvinate, 7-30 cm long petiolule 0.1-0.6 cm long, leaflets opposite, 4-6 Pairs, lamina 6-31 X 1.5-9 cm |
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