- Family:
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus:
- Saraca L.
Saraca asoca (Roxb.) W.J.de Wilde

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- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial, Not climbing, Tree
- Vernacular
- Ashok, Asoca, Diya-ratambala, Diya-ratmal, Jonesia
Native to:
Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka
Introduced into:
Andaman Is., Jawa, Malaya, New Guinea, Pakistan, Sulawesi, Sumatera
Saraca asoca (Roxb.) W.J.de Wilde appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Forsyth [s.n.], India | K000780046 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5822], India | Jonesia asoca | K001122273 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5822] | Jonesia asoca | K001122276 | Yes | ||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5822], Myanmar | Jonesia asoca | K001122277 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5822], India | Jonesia asoca | K001122272 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5822] | Jonesia asoca | K001122280 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5822] | Jonesia asoca | K001122274 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5822] | Jonesia asoca | K001122270 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5822], India | Jonesia asoca | K001122271 | Yes | ||
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 5822] | Jonesia asoca | K001122275 | Yes | ||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5822], Myanmar | Jonesia asoca | K001122279 | Yes | ||
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 5822], Myanmar | Jonesia asoca | K001122278 | Yes |
First published in Blumea 15: 393 (1968)
Accepted by
- Ali, S.I. (1973). Caesalpiniaceae Flora of West Pakistan 54: 1-47.
- Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Smith, A.C. (1985). Flora Vitiensis Nova. A new flora for Fiji (Spermatophytes only) 3: 1-758. Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
International Legume Database and Information Service
- Ali, S. I. (1973). Flora of Pakistan, No. 54 Caesalpiniaceae. Karachi:Univ Karac
- Bouton, L. (1857). Trans. Roy. Soc. Arts Mauritius n. s. 1:1-177 Medicinal plants...
- Deb, D. B. (1981). The Flora of Tripura State Vol 1
- Jain, S. K. (1991). Dictionary of Indian Folk Medicine and Ethnobotany
- Polhill, R, M. (1990). Legumineuses. In: Flore des Mascareignes, Vol 80. J. Bosser et a
- Rudd, V. E. (1991). Flora of Ceylon 7: 34-107. Caesalpinioideae
- Saxena, H. O. & Brahman, M. (1994). The Flora of Orissa (Ranunculaceae to Fabaceae)
- Verdcourt, B. (1979). A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae, PNG
- Zuijderhout, G. F. P. (1967). Blumea 15(2) :413-425 A Revision of the Genus Saraca L.
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