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Saraca asoca

(Roxb.) W.J.de Wilde (1968)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Genus: Saraca

Description

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Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Hawai'i Only found in cultivation

Dispersal Agents

Water/Ocean

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Specimens

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Blumea 15: 393 (1968)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Saraca asoca Kailua-Kona; next to The Ranchhouse Restaurant Street tree in full flower. Preserved_Specimen Imada, C. Hawaii BISH 1990-02-20
2 Saraca asoca Wahiawa Botanic Gardens WBG 64.283 Preserved_Specimen Tree to 5 m., branching at base. Leaves waxy, alternate, even pinnate. Leaflets pale yellow-green above, lighter below. Inflorescence to 6 diameter. Flowers reddish-orange with 2 red bracts and 4 orange-red sepals. Teraoka, W. 227 Oahu BISH 1980-01-29
3 Saraca asoca National Tropical Botanical Garden in Lawai Valley, McBryde Garden, Upper Valley Upper Valley (Bamboo Bridge breadfruit field, W side of Lawai Stream) Cultivated Preserved_Specimen Small tree 4 m tall with full crown. Flowers red fading to orange. Fruits brown with transverse ridges. Cultivated, ex Nong Nooch Botanical Garden, Pataya, Thailand. Lorence, D.H. 10334 Kauai BISH 2012-06-15
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