Mazhar Botanic Garden

Saraca indica L.

Asoka tree Ashoka tree

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Saraca
Species: indica
Sample code: EGY-MBG-000622
English name: Asoka tree, Ashoka tree
Arabic name: ساراكا حمراء
Native: India
Country: India
(PGR): Very rare

Evergreen tree growing  up to 10 m high leaves pinnate, compound, with 6-12 leaflets, young leaflets reddish and hang limply handkerchiefs flowers in big dense clusters directly on trunk or branches, open yellow, aging to orange and red fruit legume

Ornamrntal plant. The ashoka tree is considered sacred throughout the Indian subcontinent. This tree has many folklorical, religious and literary associations in the region.  

Saraca asoca (Roxb) Willd

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Texture: Clay Loam Sandy
Fertility: Intermediate
Drainage: Well drained
Salinity: Intermediated
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics Tropical
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Spring
Zone: 10 : 11
pH range: 5.5-7.5
Located in: Glass house

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