Saraca

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iSaraca
Saraca indica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae Tribe: Detarieae Genus: Saraca L.
Species
Saraca asoca Saraca bijuga Saraca celebica Saraca declinata Saraca dives Saraca griffithiana Saraca hullettii Saraca indica Saraca lobbiana Saraca monodelpha Saraca cauliflora Saraca tubiflora

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

Most species of Saraca are trees characteristic of particular streams. The species Saraca asoca is believed to be the tree under which Buddha was born. Red saraca is the provincial tree of Yala province, Thailand.

[edit] Pests

S. indica is host to the Peacock mite Tuckerella channabasavannai.

[edit] References

• De Wilde, W. J. J. O. (1985). Saraca tubiflora, A New Species from West-central Sumatra (Caesalpinioideae). Blumea 30: 425-428.
• Hooker, Joseph Dalton. (1879). The Flora of British India, Vol II. London: L. Reeve & Co.
• Mabberley, D. J. (1987). The Plant Book: A Portable Dictionary of the Higher Plants. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-34060-8.

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