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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

Arthritis, Joint pain, Chronic inflammatory diseases, Bronchial asthma, Ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, Chronic lung diseases, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Pulmonary diseases. ^[1]

Parts Used

Flowers, Seeds.

Chemical Composition

Many derivatives of 3-keto-methylbeta-boswellic ester, isolated from the gum-resin., have been prepared. Gum-resin contains triterpenes of oleanane, ursane and euphane series. ^[2]

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	Madi, guggala, guggaladupa, guggula mara
Hindi	Salai
Malayalam	koonthrakum, kuntirikkam, manna-kungiliyam, sambrani, valanku-chambrani
Tamil	kunduru, kundurukkan, kungiliyam, kungli, vellai kunkiliyam
Telugu	dhupamu, guggilamu, parangisambrani, tellaguggilamu, andugapisunu
Marathi	saalayi, salaphali, anduk, pahadidhup
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit	bahusrava, gajabhaksha, sallaki, yakshadhupa, salasiniryasam
English	Boswellia serrata

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Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Deciduous tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Pinnate	Alternate	Apically clustered, estipulate; rachis 11-44 cm, slender, pubescent, swollen at base; leaflets 15-31, sessile or subsessile, opposite or subopposite; lamina 0.8-9.5 x 0.5-3.5 cm, elliptic-oblong, oblong-lanceolate, oblong-ovate, base oblique, acute, apex obtuse, margin entire or crenate, chartaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 8-14 pairs, pinnate, faint, intercostae reticulate, faint.

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Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Bisexual	Axillary sub-terminal racemes	white	10	calyx pubescent, tube broadly campanulate, short; lobes 5-7, persistent; petals 5-7, 7 x 2.5-4 mm, white, ovate-oblong, shortly clawed, inflexed at apex pubescent out side except margin; disc annular, crenate, free from calyx; stamens 10, free, filaments alternately longer and shorter connective produced beyond the anther lobe; ovary sessile, superior, ovoid, 3-celled, ovules 2 in each cell; style to 3 mm, grooved; stigma 3-lobed.

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
Drupe	12 mm long			ovoid, trigonous; pyrenes 3; seed 3.

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

Seeds are sown immediately after collection. The rate of germination is about 25-30 %. ^[5]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Dry hill areas, Dry deciduous forest.

Photo Gallery

Flowers
Leaves
Buds
Stem

References

External Links

[Uses-1] Uses

[Chemical_composition-2] Chemical composition

[Common_names-3] Vernacular names

[Leaf-4] BOTANIC DESCRIPTION

[How_to_plant.2Fcultivate-5] Cultivation details

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 ==References==
 <references>
 <ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/index.php/bot_search Vernacular names]</ref>
 <ref name="Chemical composition">[http://gbpihedenvis.nic.in/PDFs/Glossary_Medicinal_Plants_Springer.pdf Chemical composition]</ref>
 <ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/ BOTANIC DESCRIPTION]</ref>
 <ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2015/07/14/shallaki-boswellia-serrata/ Uses]</ref>
 <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>
 </references>