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'''Agnivallabha''', Sal is an evergreen tree with an elongated crown when young, becoming more rounded as the tree ages. It can grow up to 50 metres tall in fertile soils, but is more likely to be 20 - 25 metres tall in poorer soils. The straight, cylindrical bole can be unbranched for up to 25 metres and up to 200cm in diameter. Sal It is a very important multi-purpose tree. It is one of the main commercial timbers of India, being harvested from the wild for local use and export. It also yields a resin that is traded and an oil that is used locally as well as being exported in large quantities. In addition, it supplies tannins, an edible seed and medicines for local use. The leaves are used commercially for making plates and containers.

{{Uses|Fracture healing}}, {{Uses|Wound healing}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Ear disorders}}, {{Uses|Relieves itching}}.<ref name="Uses"/>

{{Parts Used|Bark}}, {{Parts Used|Sapwood}}, {{Parts Used|Heartwood}}, {{Parts Used|resinResin}}, {{Parts Used|seedsSeeds}}

{{Common names|kn=ashvakarnaAshvakarna, biliBili-bhogimara, biliBili-bovu, bilibodigeBilibodige|ml=kungiliyamKungiliyam, mulappumarutuMulappumarutu, salavrksamSalavrksam|sa=agnivallabhaAgnivallabha, ashvakarnaAshvakarna, dhupavrksaDhupavrksa, ralasalaRalasala|ta=venkunkiliyamVenkunkiliyam, tanivirukkamTanivirukkam, acuvakarnakamAcuvakarnakam|te=jalariJalari-chettu, saalaSaala, sarjakamuSarjakamu|hi=salSal, ralRal, shalShal|en=Sal}}.

{{Leaf|Simple|Alternate| shinyShiny, glabrous, about 10-25 cm long and broadly oval atthe base, with the apex tapering into a long point; new leaves reddish, soon becoming delicate green. }<ref name="Leaf"/>

{{Flower|Bisexual|Terminal or axillary racemose panicles|Yellowish white|25+| fragrant, yellow or cream white, pedicel subsessile, bracts minute, caducous, calyx 5 lobed, tubular with short valvate lobes, imbricate, ovate-triangular, adnate to the receptacle, outer 3 larger than the inner 2 lobes, about 2-2.5 mm long, petals 5, white, pale yellow to pinkish strips, lanceolate, base slightly connate, apex acuminate, glabrous inside, buff pubescent outside, 10-13 nerved longitudinally. Stamens 25 or more, adnate persistent, short, filaments somewhat flattened or tapering and filiform, anthers subglobose, narrow oblong-ovate, connective subulate, minutely tri-fid towards beyond anther lobes, hair-like. Ovary enclosed inside calyx tube, narrow ovoid, pubescent, tri-locular, 2 ovules per locule, stylopodium distinct or not, style subulate, stigma tri-lobed or tri dentate.}}

{{Fruit|Winged capsule|1.5 cm long| ovoidOvoid, apex acute, densely pubescent, about 1.5 cm long, enclosed in calyx tube with 3 outer accrescent larger lobes and broader lobes, about 8 x 1.5 cm long and 2 inner ones, smaller, oblong-spathulate, apex obtuse, about 10-12 veined, about 3.5 x 0.5 cm across, calyx lobes base thick, saccate, pubescent. Seeds 1, cotyledons large, fleshy|}}

* [http://www.worldagroforestry.org/treedb/AFTPDFS/Shorea_robusta.PDFShorea robusta on worldagroforestry.org]* [https://innovareacademics.in/journals/index.php/ijas/article/view/3078Shorea robusta on innovareacademics.in]