Beautiful Catch Sir. I am looking in our area to locate Asoka or similar looking trees
On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 10:21 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Saraca asoca (Roxb.) W. J. de Wilde, Blumea 15:393. 1968 > syn: Jonesia asoca Roxb.; Saraca indica auct. (non L.); Beddome Fl. Syl.; > Baker, FBI > > Common names: Asoka tree, ashoka tree, asok > > Tree up to 9 m tall; leaflets 4-6 pairs, sessile, up to 25 cm long, up to 9 > cm broad, acute at apex, glabrous; flowers fragrant in compact corymbose > panicles; calyx yellowish to red with up to 10-16 mm long tube, lobes > elliptic to obovate, 7-10 mm mong; petals lacking; stamens usually 6-8, with > long exserted reddish up to 25 mm long filaments; pod elliptic to oblong, up > to 25 cm long, up to 6 cm broad, 1.5-2 cm thick, 4-8 seeded. > > Commonly planted in Gardens in Delhi, photographed from Herbal Garden, > Rajouri Garden, New Delhi > > Sacred tree, Budha is believed to have been born under asoka tree; bark and > flowers are of medicinal importance. > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
