''Saraca thaipingensis'' is a tree species native to
southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, south-eastern region of Asia, consistin ...
in the family
Fabaceae.
[ It has yellow flowers, borne on old wood, and is grown as an ]ornamental Ornamental may refer to:
*Ornamental grass, a type of grass grown as a decoration
*Ornamental iron, mild steel that has been formed into decorative shapes, similar to wrought iron work
*Ornamental plant, a plant that is grown for its ornamental qua ...
for floral effect. Common names include yellow ashoka and yellow saraca.[
]
Taxonomy
''Saraca thaipingensis'' was first described by Nathaniel Cantley in 1897.[
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References
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thaipingensis
Flora of tropical Asia
Plants described in 1897
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