Ashoka Tree
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Scientific name
Saraca asoca (Roxb.) Willd.
English Name
Ashoka Tree
Malayalam name
അശോകം
Common name
Asoka
Description
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Evergreen forests, also grown as ornamental tree in the plains
- Leaves : paripinnate, alternate
- Flowers : bisexual, yellow-orange or red
- Fruits : flat black pods
How to use
- Dysentery : Flowers pounded and mixed with water, used in haemorrhagic dysentery, bleeding piles and retention of urine.
- Stomachalagia : The leaf juice mixed with cumin seeds is used for treating stomachalagia.
Uses
Stomach ache, piles, wound
Parts used
Bark, leaves, seeds and flowers
Conservation
Propagation & Cultivation
It is propagated through seeds and stem cuttings.Seeds are the most suitable propagation material. Mature seeds are collected from more than five- to six-year-old plants.The seeds may be soaked in water for 12 hours before sowing, which improves the germination percentage.
