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==Uses==
{{Uses|Arthritis}}, {{Uses|Joint pain}}, {{Uses|Chronic inflammatory diseases}}, {{Uses|Bronchial asthma}}, {{Uses|Ulcerative colitis}}, {{Uses|Crohn's disease}}, {{Uses|Chronic lung diseases}}, {{Uses|Diarrhoea}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Pulmonary diseases}}.
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===Food===
Shallaki can be used in food. It's Fruits are pickled<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>.
==Parts Used==
==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. <ref name="chemical Chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=Bahusrava, Gajabhaksha, Sallaki, Yakshadhupa, Salasiniryasam|en=Boswellia serrata|gu=|hi=Salai|kn=Madi|ks=, Guggala, Guggaladupa, Guggula mara|ml=Koonthrakum, Kuntirikkam, Manna-Kungiliyam, Sambrani, Valanku-chambrani|mr=|pa=Saalayi, Salaphal|ta=Kundurukkan, Kungiliyam, Kungli, Vellai kunkiliyam|te=Dhupamu, Guggilamu, Parangisambrani, Tellaguggilamu, Andugapisunu}}<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
===Prabhava===
===Nutritional components===
Shallaki contains the Following nutritional components like Vitamin-C; Calcium, Iron, Manganese, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>
==Habit==
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Pinnate|Alternate|Apically clustered, estipulate; rachis 11-44 cm, slender, pubescent, swollen at base; leaflets 15-31, sessile or subsessile, opposite or subopposite. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Axillary sub-terminal racemes|White|10|Calyx pubescent, tube broadly campanulate, short; lobes 5-7, persistent.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Drupe|12 mm long|||Ovoid, trigonous; pyrenes 3; seed 3.|}}
===Other features===
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==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="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>. ==Season to grow==Summer. ==Required Ecosystem/Climate==It prefers dry, hot exposures of rocky hills, with 50-125 cm rainfall.<ref name="Required Ecosystem/Climate"/> ==Kind of soil needed==It can be grown in red, lateritic to rocky soils of dry deciduous forests and on dry sand stone ridges.
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Dry hill areas}}, {{Commonly seen|Dry deciduous forest}}.
==Photo Gallery==
==References==
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<ref name="chemical compositionCommon names">[http://envis.frlht.org/index.php/bot_search Vernacular names]</ref><ref name="chemistryChemical 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="morphologyUses">[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><ref name="CultivationRequired Ecosystem/Climate">[https://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/crop-production/package-of-practices/medicinal-and-aromatic-plants/boswellia-serrata Required Ecosystem/Climate]</ref><ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat">"Forest food for Northern region of 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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