The Ashoka Tree (Jonesia ashoka) is a flowering tree that has been linked with love and fertility for thousands of years.
- The Ashoka tree has crimson blooms that contrast with its green leaves when it is in bloom.
- Red is a color linked with passion.
- According to legend, the Ashoka tree will not blossom until it has been kicked by the foot of a young lady, indicating that her reproductive energy has been transferred to the tree.
- The Ramayana, the first of the two major Hindu epics, also mentions the Ashoka tree.
- When Sita is abducted by Ravana, Lanka's demon king, she is imprisoned in an Ashoka tree forest, where she pines away until her husband Rama rescues her.
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