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Ashoka tree
Blast from the Saraca asoca is my formal name but
past I am better known by the name
ayurveda has given me, ashoka,
It is said that Lord Buddha
was born under an ashoka which means ‘sorrow-less’. I live in
tree, which is a tree dedicated India and Sri Lanka.
to Kama Dev, the god of love.
Bio Height: up to 10 m; Life cycle: perennial
Sacred tree
I am a small, evergreen
tree considered sacred
throughout my homeland.
I bear leaves through all
seasons, each leaf being
a foot long. My trunk
is straight and made of
reddish brown wood
covered by blackish bark,
and my branches spread
in all directions, forming
a beautiful crown. My
flowers are orange to scarlet
developing into deep red,
and they smell very good.
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Blast from the Saraca asoca is my formal name but
past I am better known by the name
ayurveda has given me, ashoka,
It is said that Lord Buddha
was born under an ashoka which means ‘sorrow-less’. I live in
tree, which is a tree dedicated India and Sri Lanka.
to Kama Dev, the god of love.
Bio Height: up to 10 m; Life cycle: perennial
Sacred tree
I am a small, evergreen
tree considered sacred
throughout my homeland.
I bear leaves through all
seasons, each leaf being
a foot long. My trunk
is straight and made of
reddish brown wood
covered by blackish bark,
and my branches spread
in all directions, forming
a beautiful crown. My
flowers are orange to scarlet
developing into deep red,
and they smell very good.
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