Branches of Botany: Ashoka trees can add fragrance, color to backyard gardens. By Jesse Adams and Tim Kroessig, Special to the Star-Advertiser.

This is because the Ashoka tree's bark, leaves, root, or blooms can all be utilised medicinally. The South, Central, and East Himalayas of India are home to this tree.

The ashoka tree is considered sacred throughout the Indian subcontinent, ... Mango Leaves. The leaf of the Mango tree is used for religious and social ceremonies. 0 COMMENT. Write.

The bright orange-red flowers of the Ashoka were meant to keep her calm and happy, and its evergreen leaves provided cool shade. In effect, the tree kept Sita’s twin foetuses (Luv and Kush) healthy.

Ashoka tree literally means “sorrow-less”. Its botanical name is “saraca indica,” and it has two types: the geotropic and the phototropic. The geotropic type has the shape of a cone; when ...

The tree's bark, leaf and fruit are most-sought-after ingredients in Indian traditional ... According to officials, over 2,000 tonnes of dried Ashoka tree bark is used every year in traditional ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: City-based NGO ‘Friends of Trees’ are working towards a cleaner and greener future. They have been conserving Ashoka trees in the city which ...