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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.

Parts Used

Flowers, Seeds.

Chemical Composition

[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Madi
Hindi Salai
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit
English Boswellia serrata


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.

[2]

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 %. [3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Dry hill areas.

Photo Gallery

References

  1. ["chemistry"]
  2. ["morphology"]
  3. [ "Cultivation"]

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