✿Annonaceae · Monoon
Assathi / False Ashoka
Monoon longifolium
outdoor
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka & more
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Monoon longifolium
- Genus
- Monoon
- Family
- Annonaceae
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Puducherry, Haryana, Mizoram, Punjab, Chandigarh, Goa, Meghalaya
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- LanceolaterecordedLong and narrow, tapering to a point, like a lance head.“It exhibits symmetrical pyramidal growth with willowy weeping pendulous branches and long narrow lanceolate leaves with undulate margins.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf margin
- UndulaterecordedA wavy, rippled edge.“It exhibits symmetrical pyramidal growth with willowy weeping pendulous branches and long narrow lanceolate leaves with undulate margins.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Assathi itself; the rest are typical of the Annonaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- GreenrecordedGreen or greenish“== Flowering == In spring, the tree is covered with delicate star-like pale green flowers.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Solitary
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Assathi itself; the rest are typical of the Annonaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- Assathi, Mara-iluppai, Marai-illipa
- Marathi
- आसूपालव / खोटा अशोक
- Gujarati
- આસોપાલવ
- Sinhala
- Devadara, I-petta, O-lila, O-wila
About Assathi
False ashoka (Monoon longifolium) belongs to the Annonaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and 21 other states.
Uses
It is planted as an ornamental.
Botanical family
Annonaceae
Custard apple family
Assathi belongs to the Annonaceae family.
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