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SARACA INDICA அசோக மரம்
The Ashoka is a rainforest tree. Its original distribution
was in the central areas of the Deccan plateau, as well as the middle section
of the Western Ghats in the western coastal zone of the Indian Subcontinent.
The Ashoka is prized for its beautiful foliage and fragrant flowers. It is a
very handsome, small, erect evergreen tree, with deep green leaves growing in
dense clusters.
It is the Buddha Tree, Indian mast tree, and Indian Fir tree. Its names in other languages include Ashoka or Devadaru in Sanskrit, Debdaru in Bengali and Hindi, Asopalav (Gujarati), Glodogan tiang (Indonesian), Devdar in Marathi and duplicate Nettilinkam in Tamil, and ARANamaram: അരണമരം (Malayalam). There are two important traditions associated with the tree in India (presumably in its full, untrimmed, form with spreading branches), one being of Sita taking shelter in the shade of Ashoka when in captivity (found in the Ramayana) and another that of the Ashoka tree requiring a kick from a beautiful woman on spring festival day before it would bloom (in the Malavikagnimitra, for example). However, these associations are linked to the real Ashoka tree not the false Ashoka tree (Polyalthia longifolia).Thanks, Wiki
SARACA INDICA அசோக மரம்
The Ashoka tree (lit., "sorrow-less") (S. asoca
(Roxb.) Wilde, or Saraca indica L. ) is a plant belonging to the
Caesalpiniaceae subfamily of the legume family.[1] It is an important tree in
the cultural traditions of the Indian Subcontinent and adjacent areas.
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