333 — Number of the plant

at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7

Classification

► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants

► Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons

► Subclass Rosidae

► Order Fabales

► Family Fabaceae [= Leguminosae] - Pea family

► Family (Alt) Caesalpiniaceae

► Subfamily Caesalpinioideae

► Tribe Detarieae

► Genus Saraca

Synonyms

Jonesia asoka

Saraca asoca

Common names

Asoka (English)

Asoka-tree (English)

Gandhapushpa (English)

Jonesia asoka (English)

Sita ashok (English)

Sorrowless tree (English)

Sorrowless tree of India (English)

 

Ашока (Russian)

Сарака индийская (Russian)

 

Ashok (India (Hindi))

Asok (India (Hindi))

Asoka (India (Hindi))

Sita Ashok (India (Hindi))

Ashokam (India (Sanskrit))

Asoka (India (Sanskrit))

Asokah (India (Sanskrit))

Asogam (India (Tamil))

Asoka (India (Tamil))

Asoka pattai (India (Tamil))

Asokamu (India (Telugu))

Description

Large compact panicles of small mildly fragrant orange and pale orange four-lobed salverform flowers with elongated crimson stamens. A small ornamental tree with translucent pinkish tan new leaves.