Botanical Name - Saraca indica

----- Saraka indica, Linn. F.B.I., V. 2., P. 270. Vern. Asok.

----- 20-30 to ft. high tree with glabrous branches. Leaves 6-10 in. long; leaflets 4-6 pairs, oblong-lanceolate quite glabrous. Flowers fragrant, numerous, in dense axillary corymbs.

----- Another tree met with in villages near temples belonging to this sub-family. The bark of this tree is used by the physicians (Veids) in uterine affections. Flowers pounded and mixed with water are used in hamorrhagic dysentry (Watt). It is worshipped by Hindus.