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Saraca celebica is a tree in the pea and bean family, endemic to Sulawesi in Indonesia, where it grows along streams at low altitude. It is a wet tropical forest tree rather than a common garden or houseplant, so the care advice below is general and aimed at the rare cultivated specimen.
Saraca celebica, commonly known locally as Sejenis Ashoka, in is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is a tree found only in Sulawesi in Indonesia.
The trees were observed in central and east Sulawesi and were common along the Larona River, flowing from Lake Towuti. They grow along streams at a low altitude up to about 100 metres (330 feet).
Ashoka tree · Red saraca · Common Saraca / Asoka · Saraca griffithiana · Asoka Tree · Saraca thailandica · Yellow Saraca · Saraca
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Saraca celebica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
