Botanical name : Saraca asoka (Roxb.) de Wilde

Family : Caesalpiniaceae

SANSKRIT SYNONYMS

Asoka, Gatasoka

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

Rasa : Kashaya, Tikta, Madhura

Guna : Guru, Snigda

Virya : Seeta

PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

English : Asoka tree

Hindi : Asok

Malayalam : Asokam

PLANT DESCRIPTION

A medium sized evergreen tree grows up to 10 meters in height. Leaves are pinnate, about 40 cm long having 2-3 pairs of lanceolate leaflets. Flowers are beautiful, orange colored in dense corymbs flowers are fragrant. Fruits are flat pods. 4-8 seeds per pods, ellipsoid and compressed. Bark is dark brown with warty surfaces.

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES

Plant pacifies vitiated pitta, menorrhogia, leucorrhoea, stomach pain, diabetes and bleeding through anus.

Useful part : Bark, Leaves, Flowers, Seeds