Ashoka Plants

Ashuka Tree is large evergreen tree upto 80m height and girth about 15m, with spreading branches and attractive dark green foliage. Leaves needles like 2.5-4cm long, 3 sided, clustered at the end of short branchlets. Wood strong, oily, aromatic, heart wood light yellowish-brown to brown in colour; Sap wood white.  Male and female cones on the same tree; male cones numerous 5-12cm, erect, solitary, cylindrical at the end of leaf. Bearing branchlets, females cones barrel shaped, borne singly at the tip of dwart shoots, seeds winged, 6 mm long, pale brown, wing 2.5 cm across, triangular and rounded. Flowering and fruiting Sept- No