Category: S

Saraca asoca (Roxb.) Wilde (CAESALPINIACEAE) Common namesKannada: Ashokada mara.Malayalam: Asoka, Asokam, Hema pushpam.Tamil & Telugu: Asogam, Asoka. Description: Small trees, 10-12 m tall. Leaves even-pinnate; rachis 10-25 cm long; leaflets 3-6 pairs, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 13-23 x 5-8 cm, acute or rounded at base, acute to acuminate obtuse at apex; coriaceous. Stipules connate, intrapetiolar. Flowers…