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Annonaceae

False ashoka

Monoon longifolium (Sonn.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders

Family
Annonaceae
Genus
Monoon

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False ashoka (Monoon longifolium)
LeavesPhoto: Anil Madhavapeddy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (21)
Afrikaans
Indiese masboom
arz
بوليالثيا لونجيفوليا
Assamese
দেৱদাৰু
ban
Glodogan
Bangla
দেবদারু
Chinese
垂枝長葉暗羅, 垂枝长叶暗罗, 长叶暗罗, 长叶单籽暗罗, 長葉單籽暗羅, 長葉暗羅, 垂枝暗罗
English
False ashoka, Indian mast tree, Ashok, False ashok, Mast tree
French
Faux ashoka
Gujarati
આસોપાલવ, Peeple tree
Hindi
अशोक का पेड़
Indonesian
Glodogan tiang
Japanese
マストツリー
Kannada
ಕಂಬದಮರ
Malayalam
അരണമരം
Odia
ଦେବଦାରୁ
Polish
Choruna strzelista
sat
ᱫᱮᱵᱽ ᱫᱟᱨᱮ
Tamil
நெட்டிலிங்கம்
tcy
ಕಂಬದಮರ
Telugu
నరమామిడి
Thai
อโศกอินเดีย

Synonyms

  • Guatteria longifolia (Sonn.) Wall.
  • Polyalthia longifolia (Sonn.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Thwaites
  • Polyalthia longifolia (Sonn.) Hook.f. & Thomson
  • Polyalthia longifolia var. pendula Benthall
  • Unona altissima Russell ex Wall.
  • Unona longifolia (Sonn.) Dunal
  • Uvaria altissima Pennant
  • Uvaria longifolia Sonn.

Flowers

In flower
April to May (from 11 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.