Asoka
| Botanical name: | Saraca asoca (=Saraca indica) |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Local name: | Asoka |
| Common name: | Ashoka/ sorrowless tree |
| Parts used: | Bark |
| Plant character: | Small ever-green tree with large compound leaves, red/yellow or pink fragrant flowers in large clusters. Young leaves are colourful and drooping in nature. Fruits are large, semi-cylindrical with large seeds. It prefers shady moist localities for better growth and flowering. It is wild along streams, also grown as an ornamental plant. |
USES:
Stem bark is useful in dyspepsia, fever, pain and inflammation. It also cures leucorrhoea and metrorrhoea.
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