Ashoka tree is a common name for two plants which are frequently confused with each other:
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Saraca asoca
''Saraca asoca'' ( Named after great king 'Ashoka' )(the ashoka tree; lit., "sorrow-less") is a plant belonging to the Detarioideae subfamily of the legume family. It is an important tree in the cultural traditions of the Indian subcontinent and ...
'', native to South Asia and western Myanmar
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Saraca indica
''Saraca indica'', commonly known as the asoka tree, ashok or simply asoca, is a plant belonging to the subfamily Detarioideae of the family Fabaceae. The original plant specimen from which Carl Linnaeus described the species came from Java, but ...
'', native to eastern Myanmar and Southeast Asia
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Monoon longifolium
''Monoon longifolium'', the false ashoka, also commonly known by its synonym ''Polyalthia longifolia'', is an Asian small tree species in the family Annonaceae. It is native to southern India and Sri Lanka, but has been widely introduced els ...
'' is sometimes called the "false ashoka"
Holy tree of the ancient Jains as well as Hindus.
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