Dear friends, Thanking Gurcharan ji for bringing up *Saraca asoca* and *Saraca indica* at https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/indiantreepix/KgjiUoJP2Zw Earlier Garg ji too had queried to know which among these is our native ... at https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/indiantreepix/eIGV_ch2MSA FOI too has *Saraca asoca* ... http://www.flowersofindia.in/catalog/slides/Sita%20Ashok.html
Thus realizing my mistake in this post. Please read the ID of the plants posted as: *Saraca asoca* (Roxb.) W. J. de Wilde, Blumea 15:393. 1968 Synonyms: *Jonesia asoca* Roxb.; *Saraca indica* auct. (non L.); Baker in Fl. Brit. Ind. 2: 271, 1878 Will correct my notes at my flickr photostream at the earliest. Regards. Dinesh On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > One interesting fact for those who are not aware. > THE TREE HAS NO PETALS. WHAT WE SEE HERE ARE BEAUTIFULLY COLOURED SEPALS. > > On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> *Saraca indica * L. >> >> >> >> - ¿ *sah-RAH-ka* ? -- derivation obscure >> *IN-dih-kuh* or *in-DEE-kuh* of or from India >> >> >> [image: Osoko (in >> Oriya)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2209585106%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeUFs3bF60bNLyXxfwg-uL4ICaPNQ> >> Jan 20, 2008 ... at Veermata Jeejabai Bhosale Udyan, Mumbai >> >> >> *commonly known as*: Sita Ashok, sorrowless tree • *Bengali*: অশোক asoka >> • *Gujarati*: અશોક ashoka, અશોપાલવ ashopalava • *Hindi*: अशोक ashok • * >> Kannada*: ಅಶೋಕ ashoka • *Konkani*: अशोक ashok • *Malayalam*: അശോകം >> asokam, ഹെമപുഷ്പം hemapushpam • *Marathi*: अशोक ashok, jasundi • *Oriya*: >> osoko • *Sanskrit*: अशोक ashoka • *Tamil*: அசோகம் acokam • *Telugu*: >> అశోకము asokamu >> >> *Native to*: India, Myanmar and Malaya >> >> >> *more views*: >> >> - Jan 20, 2008 ... at Veermata Jeejabai Bhosale Udyan, Mumbai >> [image: Sita Ashok (Hindi: सिता >> अशोक)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2209868058%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzct3BPRvY_t3v3l_y_y3tNnWCgPbA> >> [image: >> Sorrowless >> tree]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2208887597%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcqvPzPxxPfoiDDdn8S5yL3vEVWug> >> [image: >> Asokamu (Telugu: >> అశోకము)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2209582218%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEze-ijowO6dl2sgtwKtYuPdtkdsOWA> >> [image: >> Asoka (Bengali: >> অশোক)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2209484264%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfrj_UZmQesKLkvN2GR7NKhRVVsCQ> >> - Dec 8, 2007 ... at Sagar Upvan, Colaba, Mumbai >> [image: Handkerchief >> Tree]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2095638102%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzc0IwCWDWxsutp92tjPiZmx-q_iBg> >> - Mar 11, 2007 ... at Chota Kashmir, Aarey Milk Colony, Mumbai >> [image: Handkerchief >> Tree]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F423973457%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfbUpXEWOYZEwlJJd_x7cRe4WcKzQ> >> - May 9, 2010 ... at Veermata Jeejabai Bhosale Udyan, Mumbai >> [image: Ashok (Marathi: >> अशोक)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F4591876281%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcKYM2iUDzr_XmlcwkNl6m4xHdZaA> >> [image: >> Sita >> Ashok]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F4591871955%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzelrPNFDdcNaWzdvJdrFRfmxnzb3Q> >> >> >> >> Regards. >> Dinesh > > > > > -- > Dr Satish Phadke >
