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'''''Saraca''''' [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] is a [[genus]] in the [[family]] [[Fabaceae]] ([[legume]] family) of about seventy [[plant]] [[species]] of [[tree]] native to the lands from [[India]], [[China]] and [[Ceylon]] to [[Malaysia]] and [[Sulawesi|Celebes]].
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The trees are grown in warm humid climates, and prefer a moist well-drained soil with plenty of organic matter.  They can also be grown within greenhouses.  The trees themselves are grown for their upturned flowers which have clusters in yellow, orange or red. The trees flowers have no petals, but contain brightly colored sepals, and have stamens projecting up to eight inches long. The leaves are [[pinnate]] and have paired leaflets. Typically, these trees are accustomed to the shade of other trees.  Most species of ''Saraca'' are [[tree]]s characteristic of particular streams.
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Saraca (from Sarac, the name of the genus in India). Leguminosae. Unarmed trees, grown in the warmhouse.
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Saraca (from Sarac, the name of the genus in India). Leguminosae. Unarmed trees (or tall climbing shrubs?), grown in the warmhouse.
 
  
 
Leaves abruptly pinnate, the lfts. leathery, often few-paired; stipules small, caducous: fls. yellow, rose, or scarlet, racemose, the racemes in short very branched panicles which are often lateral; calyx-tube elongated, segms. 4, petal-like, ovate, strongly imbricated; petals none; stamens 3-9, free; ovary stipitate, ovules many: legume oblong or elongated, flat-compressed or turgid, leathery to somewhat woody, 2-valved.—About 6 species, Trop. Asia.
 
Leaves abruptly pinnate, the lfts. leathery, often few-paired; stipules small, caducous: fls. yellow, rose, or scarlet, racemose, the racemes in short very branched panicles which are often lateral; calyx-tube elongated, segms. 4, petal-like, ovate, strongly imbricated; petals none; stamens 3-9, free; ovary stipitate, ovules many: legume oblong or elongated, flat-compressed or turgid, leathery to somewhat woody, 2-valved.—About 6 species, Trop. Asia.
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''[[Ashoka tree|Saraca asoca]]'' (= ''S. indica'')<br />
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''[[Saraca bijuga]]''<br />
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''[[Saraca cauliflora]]''<br />
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''[[Saraca celebica]]''<br />
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''[[Saraca chinensis]]''<br />
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''[[Saraca declinata]]''<br />
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''[[Saraca dives]]''<br />
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''[[Saraca griffithiana]]''<br />
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''[[Saraca hullettii]]''<br />
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''[[Saraca lobbiana]]''<br />
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''[[Saraca monodelpha]]''<br />
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''[[Saraca thaipingensis]]''<br />
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''[[Saraca tubiflora]]''
  
 
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Latest revision as of 15:47, 14 May 2010


Yellow saraca (Saraca thaipingensis)2.jpg


Plant Characteristics
Habit   tree

Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ part-sun
Features: ✓ evergreen, flowers
Flower features: ❀ red, orange, yellow
Scientific Names

Fabaceae >

Saraca >


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Saraca L. is a genus in the family Fabaceae (legume family) of about seventy plant species of tree native to the lands from India, China and Ceylon to Malaysia and Celebes.

The trees are grown in warm humid climates, and prefer a moist well-drained soil with plenty of organic matter. They can also be grown within greenhouses. The trees themselves are grown for their upturned flowers which have clusters in yellow, orange or red. The trees flowers have no petals, but contain brightly colored sepals, and have stamens projecting up to eight inches long. The leaves are pinnate and have paired leaflets. Typically, these trees are accustomed to the shade of other trees. Most species of Saraca are trees characteristic of particular streams.


Read about Saraca in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Saraca (from Sarac, the name of the genus in India). Leguminosae. Unarmed trees, grown in the warmhouse.

Leaves abruptly pinnate, the lfts. leathery, often few-paired; stipules small, caducous: fls. yellow, rose, or scarlet, racemose, the racemes in short very branched panicles which are often lateral; calyx-tube elongated, segms. 4, petal-like, ovate, strongly imbricated; petals none; stamens 3-9, free; ovary stipitate, ovules many: legume oblong or elongated, flat-compressed or turgid, leathery to somewhat woody, 2-valved.—About 6 species, Trop. Asia. CH


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Cultivation

Propagation

Pests and diseases

Species

Saraca asoca (= S. indica)
Saraca bijuga
Saraca cauliflora
Saraca celebica
Saraca chinensis
Saraca declinata
Saraca dives
Saraca griffithiana
Saraca hullettii
Saraca lobbiana
Saraca monodelpha
Saraca thaipingensis
Saraca tubiflora

Gallery

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  • photo 2

  • photo 3

References

External links


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