✅Sita Ashok or True Ashok translates to A-Shoka meaning ‘Without grief’. It finds references in the Epic Ramayan hence the name Sita Ashok.
✅It is an evergreen, small-sized tree native to India, Burma, and Malaya. The flowers are a beautiful bright red and orange with a sweet fragrance to them.
✅The tree is becoming rarer in the wild and is categorized as Vulnerable in the IUCN red list.
✅Sita Ashok is highly medicinal and is used to treat hormonal imbalances in female.
✅There are 5 full-grown individuals of Sita Ashok in the Empress Botanical Garden and they are currently flowering. Come catch a glimpse before the blooms are gone!
Picture Credit: @vedantimahimkar
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Copper pod
✅Commonly called Copper pod in English or Pila Gulmohar in Hindi is a very handsome tree with Gulmohar-like feathery leaves.
