Asoka/Saraca Tree (Saraca indica L.) in Luneta Park, Manila
Botanical Description:
Asoka is usually a small tree growing up to 10 meters high, slow-growing when young. The bark is dark brown, gray or black. Leaves are alternate, and even-pinnate, 15 to 25 centimeters long with 3 to 6 pairs of leaflets. Leaflets are oblong or oblong-lanceolate, often blunt, up to 22 centimeters long. Depending on age, flowers are fragrant at night, orange red, or red. Corymbs are 18 centimeters across. The pod is up to 25 centimeters long.
Distribution:
- Introduced to the Philippines.
- Native to Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam.
- Cultivated in India to the Malay Peninsula.
Classified "Vulnerable" by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. (Jan 1977)
Source: http://www.stuartxchange.org/Asoka
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