Fabaceae
Yellow ashok
Saraca indica
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Saraca
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Common names
By language (11)
- Arabic
- ساراكة هندية
- Bangla
- অশোক
- Bulgarian
- Индийска сарака
- Cantonese
- 印度無憂樹
- Chinese
- 印度无忧花, 印度無忧花, 中南无忧花, 无忧花, 印度无忧树
- English
- Yellow ashok, Yellow saraca
- Indonesian
- Ganda puspa
- Kannada
- ಅಶೋಕ ಮರ
- Russian
- Сарака индийская
- Urdu
- اشوک
- Vietnamese
- Vàng anh lá bé
Synonyms
- Jonesia minor Zoll. & Moritzi
- Jonesia pinnata Willd.
- Saraca arborescens Burm.f.
- Saraca bijuga Prain
- Saraca harmandiana Pierre
- Saraca indica var. bijuga (Prain) Gagnep.
- Saraca indica var. zollingeriana (Miq.) Gagnep.
- Saraca kunstleri Prain
- Saraca lobbiana Baker
- Saraca minor (Zoll. & Moritzi) Miq.
- Saraca minor var. bijuga Prain
- Saraca pierreana Craib
- Saraca zollingeriana sensu Prain, non Miq.
Flowers
- In flower
- January to March, November (from 29 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Utain Pummarin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tim Hirsch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Linnaeus, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: PQ77wd, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: PQ77wd, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: TreeWorld Wholesale, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: TreeWorld Wholesale, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: TreeWorld Wholesale, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: TreeWorld Wholesale, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: TreeWorld Wholesale, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: wlcutler, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.