Scientific Name : Monoon longifolium (Sonn.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
Category : Angiosperms
Status : Alive
Habit : A tall handsome tree. Leaves : Membraneous, lanceolate, tapering to a fine point, shining, glabrous, margin undulate or wavy, gland-dotted. Inflorescence : A fascicle or shortly peduncled umbel. Flowers : Pedicellate, bracteates, pedicels slender with a small deciduous bract about the middle. Flowers yellowish-green. Sepals 3, triangular, pubescent, tips reflexed. Petals 6, valvate, subequal, linear, tapering to a point. Stamens many cuneate, connective truncately dilated beyond the cells. Ovaries many, style oblong, ovules 1-2 basal and erect. Fruit : An etaerio of berries. Berries stalked ovoid. Seeds large smooth and shining. Endosperm ruminate. Flowering and Fruiting Time : April - June Significance : Planted as an evergreen avenue tree. Leaves used for decorative purpose toran on auspicious occasions. Straight long stem used for ship-mast.
Specimen Information
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Common Name(s):
अशोक, देवदार, False Ashoka
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Synonym(s):
Polyalthia longifolia (Sonn.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Thwaites Uvaria altissima Pennant. Unona longifolia (Sonn.) Dunal Guatteria longifolia (Sonn.) Wall.
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Family:
Annonaceae
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Monoon longifolium (Sonn.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
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