Wednesday 7 August 2024

Saraca asoca (Roxb.) W.J.de Wilde

Saraca asoca (Roxb.) W.J.de Wilde
The State Flower of Odisha (asoka, Odia: ଅଶୋକ)
The State Tree of Uttar Pradesh (ashoka, Hindi: अशोक)


sar-AK-a -- from the Indian (Sanskrit) vernacular word for this plant ... Dave's Botanary
¿ ah-SO-kah ? -- derived from Sanskrit asoka (without grief or sorrow)

commonly known as: sita ashok, sorrowless tree • Ahom: ashok • Assamese: অশোক গছ ashoka gacha • Bengali: অশোক ashoka • Garo: bok-bang, khen-thiri • Gujarati: સીતાઅશોક sita-ashok • Haryanvi: सीता अशोक sita ashok • Hindi: सीता अशोक sita ashok • Kachari: asu-bhuphang, biardala, thaibor-phang • Kannada: ಆಚಂಗೆ aachange, ಅಶೋಕ ashoka, ಎಲಿಯಾಲ eliyaala, ಕೆಂಕಲಿ kenkali • Karbi: mir-krem-arong • Khasi: dieng-ja-mar-aih, dieng-soh-kyrkha, dieng-soh-rym-sein • Konkani: असोक asok • Kuki: maikam-par • Malayalam: അശോകം ashokam, ഹേമപുഷ്പം hemapushpam • Manipuri: ꯑꯁꯣꯛ ashoka • Marathi: अशोक ashok, जासुंदी jasundi, जसवंत jaswant, लाल अशोक laal ashok, सीतेचा अशोक sitecha ashok • Mizo: bai-kang, husangidba, maikam-par, mual-hawih • Nepali: अशोक ashok • Odia: ଅଙ୍ଗନାପ୍ରିଯ anganapriya, ଅଶୋକ asoka, ଦୋହଳୀ dohali, କଙ୍କେଳ kankela • Pali: असोक asoka • Punjabi: ਅਸ਼ੋਕ ashoka • Rajasthani: सीता अशोक sita ashok • Sanskrit: अपशोक apashoka, अशोक ashoka, चक्रगुच्छ chakraguccha, चित्र chitra, चित्रशोक chitrashoka, हेमपुष्प hemapuspa, कमन kamana, कामुक kamuka, कङ्केलि kangkeli, कान्ताचरणदोहद kantacharanadohada, कान्ताङ्घ्रिदोहद kantagghridohada, कर्णपूर karnapura, केलिक kelika, किङ्किरात kingkirata, मौलि mauli, नट nata, पिण्डपुष्य pindapushya, पिण्डीपुष्प pindipushpa, रागितरु ragitaru, रक्तपल्लव raktapallava, षट्पदानन्दवर्धन shatpadanandavardhana, सुभग subhaga, ताम्रपल्लव tamrapallava, विशोक vishoka, वीतशोक vitashoka • Tamil: அசோகம் ashokam • Telugu: అశోకము asokamu, కంగేలి kangeli, వంజులము vanjulamu • Tibetan: མྱ་ངན་མེད་པ mya ngan med pa, མྱ་ངན་འཚང mya ngan 'tshang • Tippera: bai-kang • Tulu: ಅಶೋಕ ಮರ ashoka mara • Urdu: اشوك ashok


botanical names: Saraca asoca (Roxb.) W. J. de Wilde, Blumea 15:393. 1968 ... synonyms: Jonesia asoca Roxb. • Saraca indica auct. (non L.); Baker in Fl. Brit. Ind. 2: 271, 1878 ... efloraofindia
Bibliography / etymology
Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about "where" could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken sensu amplo.
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
sita ashok
sorrowless tree
  • Kulkarni, Satish. (2016). Tree Wealth of KTR ... literal meaning of the Sanskrit name अशोक ashoka
~~~~~ AHOM ~~~~~
written in: Ahom ... mainly used by priests and scholars for religious and educational purposes; spoken in: erstwhile Ahom kingdom (some part in present day Assam) ... other names for this language: Tai-Ahom
ashok
  • for Saraca indica auct. (non L.) ... Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 07 August 2024
  • the name needs to be rendered in native script
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
অশোক ashoka
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
অশোক ashoka
~~~~~ GARO ~~~~~
written in: Roman, Bengali-Assamese, A-Chik Tok'birim ... spoken in: Meghalaya, Assam
bok-bang, khen-thiri
  • for Saraca indica auct. (non L.) ... Flora of Assam Vol II by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
સીતાઅશોક sita-ashok
~~~~~ HARYANVI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हरियाणवी or हरयाणवी) ... spoken in: Haryana, Delhi
सीता अशोक sita ashok
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
सीता अशोक sita ashok
~~~~~ KACHARI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali-Assamese, Devanagari, Latin ... spoken in: Assam, Nagaland ... other names for this language: Plains Kachari (Boro or Bara) and Hill Kachari (Dimasa)
asu-bhuphang, biardala, thaibor-phang
  • for Saraca indica auct. (non L.) ... Flora of Assam Vol II by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಆಚಂಗೆ aachange (or ಅಚಂಗೆ achange / ಅಚೆಂಗ achenga)
ಅಶೋಕ ashoka
ಎಲಿಯಾಲ eliyaala
ಕೆಂಕಲಿ kenkali
~~~~~ KARBI ~~~~~
written in: Roman ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland ... other names for this language: Mikir or Arleng
mir-krem-arong
  • for Saraca indica auct. (non L.) ... Flora of Assam Vol II by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das
~~~~~ KHASI ~~~~~
written in: Latin (Khasi alphabet), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Meghalaya, Assam
dieng-ja-mar-aih, dieng-soh-kyrkha, dieng-soh-rym-sein
  • for Saraca indica auct. (non L.) ... Flora of Assam Vol II by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी), Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
असोक asok
~~~~~ KUKI ~~~~~
written in: Roman ... spoken in: Manipur, Assam, Nagaland ... other names for this language:Thado, Thado-Pao, Thado-Ubiphei, Thaadou Kuki
maikam-par
  • for Saraca indica auct. (non L.) ... Flora of Assam Vol II by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
അശോകം ashokam
ഹേമപുഷ്പം hemapushpam
~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~
written in: Meiteilon (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Manipur ... other names for this language: Meetei
ꯑꯁꯣꯛ ashoka
  • The Economic Plants of Manipur and their Uses, S. Sukumar Singh (Manipur, 2006)
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
अशोक ashok
  • for Jonesia asoca Roxb. ... A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas) ... name variants: अशोग ashoga, असोग asog, असोक asok, ओसग osag, ओसगी osagi
जासुंदी jasundi
जसवंत jaswant, लाल अशोक laal ashok, सीतेचा अशोक sitecha ashok
  • for Saraca indica auct. (non L.) ... मराठी विश्वकोश - महाराष्ट्र राज्य मराठी विश्वकोश निर्मिती मंडळ
~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~
written in: Latin, Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Mizoram ... other names for this language: Lushai, Duhlian
bai-kang
husangidba
maikam-par
  • for Saraca indica auct. (non L.) ... Flora of Assam Vol II by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das
mual-hawih
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim
अशोक ashok
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ଅଙ୍ଗନାପ୍ରିଯ anganapriya, ଅଶୋକ asoka, ଦୋହଳୀ dohali, କଙ୍କେଳ kankela
~~~~~ PALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (पालि) ... used by priests and scholars, the sacred language of Theravada Buddhism
असोक asoka
~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~
written in: Gurmukhi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: Punjab
ਅਸ਼ੋਕ ashoka
~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (राजस्थानी) ... spoken in: Rajasthan
सीता अशोक sita ashok
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars
अपशोक apashoka, अशोक ashoka, चक्रगुच्छ chakraguccha, चित्र chitra, चित्रशोक chitrashoka, हेमपुष्प hemapuspa, कमन kamana, कामुक kamuka, कङ्केलि kangkeli, कान्ताचरणदोहद kantacharanadohada, कान्ताङ्घ्रिदोहद kantagghridohada, कर्णपूर karnapura, केलिक kelika, किङ्किरात kingkirata, मौलि mauli, नट nata, पिण्डपुष्य pindapushya, पिण्डीपुष्प pindipushpa, रागितरु ragitaru, रक्तपल्लव raktapallava, षट्पदानन्दवर्धन shatpadanandavardhana, सुभग subhaga, ताम्रपल्लव tamrapallava, विशोक vishoka, वीतशोक vitashoka
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
அசோகம் ashokam
  • for Saraca indica auct. (non L.) ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras ... or அசோகு ashoku
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry
అశోకము asokamu, వంజులము vanjulamu
కంగేలి kangeli
~~~~~ TIBETAN ~~~~~
written in: Tibetan ... spoken in: Tibet, Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bhutan
མྱ་ངན་མེད་པ mya ngan med pa, མྱ་ངན་འཚང mya ngan 'tshang
~~~~~ TIPPERA ~~~~~
written in: Roman, Bengali ... spoken in: Tripura ... other names for this language: Tripuri, Kokbarak, Kokborok, Trippera
bai-kang
  • for Saraca indica auct. (non L.) ... Flora of Assam Vol II by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ಅಶೋಕ ಮರ ashoka mara
~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~
written in: Urdu (اردو) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka
اشوك ashok
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal; introduced in: Andaman & Nicobar islands
~~~~~ Created on: 21:11 05-08-2024 ¦ Last updated: 20:55 07-08-2024 ~~~~~
Fabaceae Caesalpiniaceae tropical perennial evergreen tree "Saraca asoca" "Jonesia asoca" "ashoka tree" "handkerchief tree" "sorrowless tree"
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