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Ashoka (Mast Tree): How to Grow Monoon longifolium in Jaipur
Monoon longifolium
The tall, evergreen "Ashoka" or Mast tree seen along Indian roads. How to plant and care for it in Jaipur, what it offers birds and butterflies, and why it is not the true Ashoka (Saraca asoca).
Cultural significance
In north India this tree has taken over the name "Ashoka" in everyday speech, and its leaves are used in festival and wedding decorations, for example as door torans in Gujarat. It became popular as an avenue and garden tree in the British period. It has no valid Sanskrit name.
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