Ashoka
ಅಶೋಕ ವೃಕ್ಷअशोक वृक्षபிண்டி
Saraca asoca (Roxb.) W.J.de Wilde
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 5.5 m
- wide
- —
Fabaceae
Also called Ashoka tree
Formerly Jonesia asoca, Jonesia confusa, Saraca confusa
When it flowers
Flowers July and November to March in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- E. Pakistan to Myanmar and Sri LankaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from Top Tropicals, one source
- Height
- 5.0 m to 6.1 mRead from FRLHT ENVIS Centre and Top Tropicals, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: FRLHT ENVIS Centre 5–10 m; Top Tropicals 10–20 ft
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from Top Tropicals, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, orange, redRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -6.7 °C (USDA zone 9a)Read from Top Tropicals, one source
Not known yet: spread, heat, hottest it survives.
Grow it with
Suggested by a rule, not by a gardener: same climate (kew), flowering when this plant does not (inaturalist), and a different shape.
Apple-of-PeruFlowers April to June and August to October, when this does not
Arabian jasmineFlowers April to June and August to October, when this does not
Barbados lilyFlowers April to June and August to October, when this does not
Billygoat weedFlowers April to June and August to October, when this does not
Black-eyed Susan vineFlowers April to June and August to October, when this does not
Blue dazeFlowers April to June and August to October, when this does not
In other languages (12)
- Japanese
- ムユウジュ, アソカノキ
- Chinese (China)
- 无忧树, 印度无忧花
- Sinhala
- අශෝක
- Chinese
- 無憂樹, 阿輪迦, 印度无忧花
- Thai
- โสกน้ำ
- Russian
- Сарака ашока
- Finnish
- temppeliasoka
- Marathi
- अशोक, सीता अशोक
- root
- azoka
- Lithuanian
- Paprastoji raudena
- Slovak
- saraka posvätná
- French
- Arbre d'Ashoka
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Top Tropicals, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- FRLHT ENVIS Centre, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-24, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- 3D model: Saraca asoca (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.