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Ashok

Local Name	:	Ashok
Botanical Name	:	Saraca asoca (Roxb.) W.J.de Wilde
Common Name	:	Ashok
Family	:	Fabaceae
Distribution	:	The species is distributed in southern India, Odisha, Assam, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Madhya Pradesh, Peninsular India, Western Ghats, etc. It is also distributed in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Ceylon and Malaysia, etc
Short Description	:	It is a small tree with dark green, subsessile leaves, leaflets oblong or oblong lanceolate.

Descriptions

It is a small tree with dark green, subsessile leaves, leaflets oblong or oblong lanceolate. Flowers bright and orange scarlet. Fruits pods oblique in both sides.

Use(s)

Bark is used to treat reproductive disorders inwomen.