Plant Details

Accepted name:: Saraca asoca (Roxb.) W.J.de Wilde [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abhanga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
achanga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akshatha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aksunkara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asage	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ashok	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ashoka	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ashoka mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ashoka pattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ashoka tree	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ashokada mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ashokadamara	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
ashokam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ashokamara	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
ashokamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ashokapatta	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
ashoku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ashuge	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ashunkar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asjogam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asogam	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
asogu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
asok	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asok tree	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
asoka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
asoka pattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asoka tree	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
asoka-tree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
asokada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asokah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asokam	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asokamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aśoka (stem bark)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
diya rathambala	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
gandha pushpi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gandhapushpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gapis merah	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gatasokah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hemapuspa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hempushpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
jaasundi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jonesia asoca	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kankalimara	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kankeli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kankelli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaṅkeli	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kempuchinnadeke gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kengalimara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kenkali mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kusge	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kusgemara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
licung	Other	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
pindapushpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
saraca merah	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
seethamma asokamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seethe mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sita-ashoka	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sorrowless tree	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
taamrapallava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
tamada ashok	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tamrapallava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tengalan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
true ashoka	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
vanjalamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanjulamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wu you hua	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
wu you shu	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
අශෝක	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
දිය රතඹලා	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Bark		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Bark, Whole plant, Flower, Seed		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bark, flower, leaves, stem, stem bark	dried stem bark	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bark, leaves, flowers, seeds	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
stem bark & root		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
bark		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
stem bark	dried stem bark	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Bark (Stem)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Jonesia asoca Roxb. Asiat. Res. 4: 355 (1795).
Jonesia confusa Hassk. Retzia 1: 194 (1855).
Saraca confusa (Hassk.) Backer Voorl. Schoolfl. Java: 103 (1908).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Saraca asoca	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Saraca asoca (Rose.) De.Willd	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Saraca asoca (Roxb.) De Wilde	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Saraca asoca (Roxb.) DeWilde.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Saraca asoca (Roxb.) J.J.de Wilde	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Saraca asoca (Roxb.) W. J. de Wilde	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Saraca asoca (Roxb.) W.J.de Wilde	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Saraca asoca (Roxb.) Wild.	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
Saraca asoca (Roxb.) Wilde.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Saraca asoca (Roxb.) Willd.	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Saraca asoca (Roxburgh) de Wilde	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)

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