| Ailment
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Menstrual cramps +
, Menstrual bleeding +
, Menorrhagia +
, Dysmenorrhea +
, Uterine Hemorrhage +
, Skin cancer +
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| Ailment type
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Pains and Inflammation +
, Common ailments +
, Cancer +
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| Biotic zone
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Eastern Ghats +
, Western Ghats +
, Central Deccan Plateau +
, Indo-Gangetic Plain +
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| Bloom type
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Perennial +
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| Class
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Magnoliopsida +
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| Commercial application
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Religious use +
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| Commercial use description
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This plant is not used much for its wood. Only use is cultural, but the plant is not specially planted for same on a commercial scale. +
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| Common Indian names
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Sita Ashok सीता अशोक Sita Ashok, Ashok अशोक (Hindi); Ashopalava (Gujarati); Achenge (Kannada); Hemapushpam (Malayalam); Ashok, Jasundi (Marathi); அசோகம் Asogam (Tamil); Asokamu (Telugu) +
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| Common hindi name
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अशोक Ashok +
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| Common name
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Ashoka +
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| Cultivation details
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The seed cannot be stored for long and needs to be planted as soon as possible. Peak bloom time is early spring to early summer, but flowers can be found all round the year. +
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| Division/Phylum
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Magnoliophyta +
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| Family
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Fabaceae +
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| Flower color
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Orange/Red +
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| Food use
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No +
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| Genus
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Saraca +
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| Habitat details
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The Ashoka tree is native to India. It requires average rainfall and grows in regular soil. +
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| Header caption
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Flowers of an Ashoka tree photographed in Calcutta +
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| Header image
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Sita-Ashok (Saraca asoca) leaves & flowers in Kolkata W IMG 4175.jpg +
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| IUCN status
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Vulnerable +
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| Introdescription
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''Saraca indica'' or the Ashoka tree is an … ''Saraca indica'' or the Ashoka tree is an important plant from a religious and cultural point of view in India. The tree has beautiful red flowers and a dense foliage which makes it seem stately to its devotees. The tree is a symbol of fertility in Indian culture and has been recently shown to provide relief to women during menstruation. The tree is revered in Hinduism and Buddhism and is frequently found in royal palace grounds or near temples.d in royal palace grounds or near temples. +
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| Leaf blade type
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Compound +
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| Leaf petiole type
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Petiolated +
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| Leaf phyllotaxy
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Opposite +
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| Leaf shape
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Pinnately compound +
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| Medicinal active compound
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Flavanoids +
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| Medicinal molecular basis
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Yes +
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| Medicinal molecular basis description
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The extract from bark has stimulatory acti … The extract from bark has stimulatory activity on the ovarian tissue. It may be producing an estrogen like activity enhancing the repair of the endometrium and preventing bleeding. The extract from flowers has been shown in mice to have anti-skin cancer activity.in mice to have anti-skin cancer activity. +
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| Medicinal significance
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Yes +
|
| Medicinal system
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Ayurveda +
, Folk Medicine +
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| Medicinal use description
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The extract from bark has stimulatory acti … The extract from bark has stimulatory activity on the ovarian tissue. It may be producing an estrogen like activity enhancing the repair of the endometrium and preventing bleeding. The extract from flowers has been shown in mice to have anti-skin cancer activity.in mice to have anti-skin cancer activity. +
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| Modern scientific knowledge description
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No data is available in Genbank for this species (Sep 2010) +
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| Name meaning
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Ashoka in Sanskrit means "without sorrow". … Ashoka in Sanskrit means "without sorrow". It is said that Gautam Buddha was born under an Ashoka tree. The ashoka tree is often mentioned in classical Indian religious and amorous poetry, having at least 16 different names in Sanskrit referring to the tree or its flowers.krit referring to the tree or its flowers. +
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| Native species
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Yes +
|
| Order
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Fabales +
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| Page creation date
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2 September 2010 +
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| Plant commercial
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No +
|
| Plant commercial part
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Entire plant +
|
| Plant height
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More than 10 feet +
|
| Plant medicinal part
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Bark +
, Flower +
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| Plant type
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Woody (Tree/Shrub) +
|
| Propagation method
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Seeds +
, Vegetative propagation +
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| Regnum
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Plantae +
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| Religion
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Jainism +
|
| Religious significance
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Yes +
|
| Religious use description
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The ashoka tree is closely associated with … The ashoka tree is closely associated with the Yakshi mythological beings. One of the recurring elements in Indian art, often found at gates of Buddhist and Hindu temples, is the sculpture of a Yakshi with her foot on the trunk and her hands holding the branch of a flowering ashoka tree. As an artistic element, often the tree and the Yakshi are subject to heavy stylization. Some authors hold that the young girl at the foot of this tree is based on an ancient fertility symbol.
The ashoka tree has a symbolic importance in Buddhism. Queen Māyā of Sakya is said to have given birth to the Buddha under an ashoka tree in a garden in Lumbini. According to tradition, the queen walked in the garden until she came to an ashoka tree to take a rest. Then the tree magically bent down for her and she grasped a branch. At that moment the Buddha emerged from her right side.
Yakshis under ashoka trees were also important in early Buddhist monuments as a decorative element and are found in many ancient Buddhist archaeological sites. With the passing of the centuries the yakshi under the ashoka tree became a standard decorative element of Hindu Indian sculpture and was integrated into Indian temple architecture as salabhanjika, because there is often a confusion between the ashoka tree and the sal tree (Shorea robusta) in the ancient literature of the Indian Subcontinent.
This tree is also regarded with veneration in Jainism. In the Jain tradition Mahavira is said to have renounced the world under this kind of tree in Vaishali.
In Hinduism the ashoka is considered a sacred tree. Not counting a multitude of local traditions connected to it, the ashoka tree is worshipped in Chaitra, the first month of the Hindu Calendar. It is also associated with Kamadeva, the Hindu god of Love, who included an Ashoka blossom among the five flowers in his quiver. Hence, the ashoka tree is often mentioned in classical Indian religious and amorous poetry, having at least 16 different names in Sanskrit referring to the tree or its flowers.
In Mahākāvya, or Indian epic poetry, the ashoka tree is mentioned in the Ramayana in reference to the Ashoka Vatika (garden of Ashoka trees) where Hanuman first meets Sita.oka trees) where Hanuman first meets Sita. +
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| Species name
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w:Saraca indica +
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| User ID
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User:Gauravm +
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| Water need
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Average +
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| Categories |
Stubs +
, Species page +
, Plants +
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| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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6 September 2010 15:20:23 +
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