''Saraca declinata'', the red saraca or sorrowless tree, is a
tree
In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, including only woody plants with secondary growth, plants that are ...
in genus ''
Saraca
''Saraca'' L. is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae (legume family) of about 20 plant species of trees native to the lands from India, China and Ceylon to Malaysia and Sulawesi.
This plant can be grown outdoors in distinctl ...
'' belonging to the family
Fabaceae.
The species is found both in Thailand and
Burma
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
,
[Kress, W. John, DeFilipps, Robert A., Farr, Ellen, & Kyi, Daw Yin Yin. (2003). ''A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs, and Climbers of Myanmar.'' Washington, D. C.: National Museum of Natural History.] and has been introduced in
Ceylon
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
.
References
declinata
Trees of Myanmar
Trees of Thailand
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