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Saraca indica L.

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GENUS: Saraca L.

Saraca indica L. [Preferred name]
    Jonesia asoca sensu auct. {Misapplied}
    Jonesia minor Zoll. & Moritzi {Synonym}
    Saraca arborescens Burm.f. {Synonym}
    Saraca asoca sensu auct. {Misapplied}
    Saraca bijuga Prain {Synonym}
    Saraca harmandiana Pierre {Synonym}
    Saraca indica var. bijuga (Prain)Gagnep. {Synonym}
    Saraca indica var. zollingeriana (Miq.)Gagnep. {Synonym}
    Saraca kunstleri Prain {Doubtful synonym}
    Saraca lobbiana Baker {Doubtful synonym}
    Saraca minor (Zoll. & Moritzi)Miq. {Synonym}
    Saraca minor var. bijuga Prain {Synonym}
    Saraca pierreana Craib {Synonym}
    Saraca zollingeriana sensu Prain, non Miq. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Ashok [3026]; Asoca [1915]; Asogam [4751]; Diya-ratambala [2023]; Diya-ratmal [2023]; Jonesia Asoka [1941]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Egypt (I) [8]; South Africa (I) [8]; Tanzania (I) [106]; Uganda (I) [106]
  Asia
Bangladesh (I) [3366]; India (I) [1914, 3011]; West Bengal [1914]; Indonesia (N) [1935, 1948]; Jawa (N) [1948, 2002]; Laos (N) [1935, 2002]; Malaysia (N) [1935, 3011]; Myanmar (N) [1914, 2110]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [1914, 3011]; Singapore (N) [3938]; Sri Lanka (I) [2023]; Sumatera (N) [1948, 2002]; Thailand (N) [1935, 3011]; Vietnam (N) [1935, 2002]
  Indian Ocean
Andaman Is (I) [3389]; Seychelles (I) [1941]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [106];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1935, 1941, 1948, 2002, 2264, 2970, 3001, 3011, 3898, 4020] ; Distribution Map [2970, 4020] ; Illustration [1935, 2002, 3001, 3011]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [1941] [3011] ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-04 Seneviratne GI (Sinhala & Tamil Names) ; Habit: Tree [1941] [3011] ; Lifespan: Perennial [1941] [3011] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Irela

  
USES:
  Environmental [2002, 3898]; Wood [2002]

  
NOTES:
  S.asoca (Roxb.)Wilde is limited to India. [1935]
  Sacred tree of India. [3011]
  Native of Malaya and continental Asia. [3938]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

106.

  Brenan, J.P.M., 1967
    Caesalp.In:Flora Trop.East Africa. Milne-Redhead & Polhill

1914.

  Sanjappa, M., 1992
    Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

1935.

  Larsen, K. et al, 1980
    In: Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam, Vol 18.A.

1941.

  Robertson, S.A., 1989
    Flowering Plants of Seychelles. Kew

1948.

  Whitmore, T.C., 1972
    Tree Flora of Malaya, Vol.1. London:Longman

2002.

  Larsen, K. et al., 1984
    Flora of Thailand, Vol 4 Part 1.In: T.Smithinand & K.Larsen

2023.

  Rudd, V.E., 1991
    Flora of Ceylon 7: 34-107. Caesalpinioideae

2110.

  Kurz, S., 1877
    Forest Flora of British Burma Vol I

2264.

  Parham, J.W., 1972
    Plants of the Fiji Islands

2970.

  Zuijderhoudt, G.F.P., 1968
    Blumea 15:413-425. A revision of the genus Saraca

3001.

  Ding Hou, Larsen, S & Larsen, K, 1996
    Flora Malesiana I, 12,2:409-784.Caesalpiniaceae.

3011.

  Corner, E.J.H, 1952
    Wayside trees of Malaya (2nd ed.) Singapore.

3026.

  Saxena, H.O. & Brahman, M., 1994
    The Flora of Orissa (Ranunculaceae to Fabaceae)

3366.

  Sanjappa, M., 2000
    Checklist of the Leguminosae in South Asia. Typescript

3389.

  Parkinson, C.E., 1923
    A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands

3898.

  Backer, C.A., 1963
    Flora of Java. Groningen, The Netherlands

3938.

  Keng, H., 1990
    Concise Flora of Singapore. Singapore

4020.

  Zuijderhout, G.F.P., 1967
    Blumea 15(2):413-425 A Revision of the Genus Saraca L.

4751.

  Senaratna, L.K., 2001
    A check list of the flowering plants of Sri Lanka. Colombo.

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