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[[File:Boswellia serrata (Salai) in Kinnarsani WS, AP W2 IMG 5840.jpg|thumb|right|''Shallaki'', ''Boswellia serrata'']]
'''Boswellia serrata''' is a plant that produces Indian frankincense, Salai, referred to in Sanskrit as shallaki and in Latin as Olibanum Indicum. the plant is native to much of India and the Punjab region that extends into Pakistan.
==Uses==
===Food===
Shallaki can be used in food. It's Fruits are pickled<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>.
==Parts Used==
===Nutritional components===
Shallaki contains the Following nutritional components like Vitamin-C; Calcium, Iron, Manganese, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium<ref name="Nutritional componentsForest foods of Western Ghat"/>
==Habit==
==Cultivation Details==
Seeds are sown immediately after collection. The rate of germination is about 25-30 %<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>. Shallaki is available through February to June<ref name="How to plant/cultivateForest foods of Western Ghat"/>.
==Season to grow==
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/crop-production/package-of-practices/medicinal-and-aromatic-plants/asparagus-adscendens-1 Cultivation details]</ref>
<ref name="Required Ecosystem/Climate">[https://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/crop-production/package-of-practices/medicinal-and-aromatic-plants/boswellia-serrata Required Ecosystem/Climate]</ref>
<ref name="Nutritional componentsForest foods of Western Ghat">"Forest food for Northern region of western ghat pdf Western Ghats" by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, Page No.31, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS - ) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune</ref>
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