Fabaceae
Saraca

Saraca asoca (Roxb.) W.J.de Wilde

First published in Blumea 15: 393 (1967 publ. 1968)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Pakistan to Myanmar and Sri Lanka. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Jawa, Malaya, New Guinea, Pakistan, Sulawesi, Sumatera

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ali, S.I. (1973). Caesalpiniaceae. Flora of West Pakistan 54: 1-47.
  • Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Smith, A.C. (1985). Flora Vitiensis Nova. A new flora for Fiji (Spermatophytes only) 3: 1-758. Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai.
  • Zhu, X.Y., Zhang, R.P. & He, Y.L. (eds.) (2021). An inventory of legume species diversity of Myanmar: 1-297. China Minzu university press.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Ali, S. I. (1973). Flora of Pakistan, No. 54 Caesalpiniaceae. Karachi:Univ Karac
  • Bouton, L. (1857). Trans. Roy. Soc. Arts Mauritius n. s. 1:1-177 Medicinal plants...
  • Deb, D. B. (1981). The Flora of Tripura State Vol 1
  • Jain, S. K. (1991). Dictionary of Indian Folk Medicine and Ethnobotany
  • Polhill, R, M. (1990). Legumineuses. In: Flore des Mascareignes, Vol 80. J. Bosser et a
  • Rudd, V. E. (1991). Flora of Ceylon 7: 34-107. Caesalpinioideae
  • Saxena, H. O. & Brahman, M. (1994). The Flora of Orissa (Ranunculaceae to Fabaceae)
  • Verdcourt, B. (1979). A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae, PNG
  • Zuijderhout, G. F. P. (1967). Blumea 15(2) :413-425 A Revision of the Genus Saraca L.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Forsyth [s.n.] India K000780046 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5822] India Jonesia asoca K001122271 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5822] Jonesia asoca K001122276 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5822] Jonesia asoca K001122270 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 5822] Burma Jonesia asoca K001122278 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5822] Burma Jonesia asoca K001122277 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5822] India Jonesia asoca K001122272 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5822] Jonesia asoca K001122274 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5822] India Jonesia asoca K001122273 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 5822] Jonesia asoca K001122275 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5822] Burma Jonesia asoca K001122279 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5822] Jonesia asoca K001122280 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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