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Ashoka (St. Bk.) Ashoka consists of dried stem bark of Saraca asoca (Rose.) De. Willd , Syn. Saraca indica Linn. (Fam. Leguminosae), collected in spring from mature, wild or cultivated trees, found in Central and Eastern Himalayas, Western Ghats and Deccan. SYNONYMS Sanskrit : Kankeli Assamese : Ashoka Bengali : Ashoka English : Asok Tree Gujrati : Ashoka Hindi : Ashoka Kannada : Ashokadamara, Ashokamara, Kankalimara Kashmiri : Ashok Malayalam : Asokam Marathi : Ashok Oriya : Ashoka Punjabi : Asok Tamil : Asogam, Asogu, Asokam Telugu : Ashokapatta Urdu : -- DESCRIPTION a) Macroscopic Bark channelled, externally dark green to greenish grey, smooth with circular lenticels and transversely ridged, sometimes cracked, internally reddish-brown with fine longitudinal strands and fibers, fracture splintery exposing striated surface, a thin whitish continuous layer is seen beneath the cork layer, taste, astringent. b) Microscopic Transverse section of stem bark shows...