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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==
==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=bahusravaBahusrava, gajabhakshaGajabhaksha, sallakiSallaki, yakshadhupaYakshadhupa, salasiniryasamSalasiniryasam|en=Boswellia serrata|gu=|hi=Salai|kn=Madi, guggalaGuggala, guggaladupaGuggaladupa, guggula Guggula mara|ks=|ml= koonthrakumKoonthrakum, kuntirikkamKuntirikkam, mannaManna-kungiliyamKungiliyam, sambraniSambrani, valankuValanku-chambrani|mr=saalayiSaalayi, salaphali, anduk, pahadidhup|pa=Salaphal|ta=kunduru, kundurukkanKundurukkan, kungiliyamKungiliyam, kungliKungli, vellai Vellai kunkiliyam|te= dhupamuDhupamu, guggilamuGuggilamu, parangisambraniParangisambrani, tellaguggilamuTellaguggilamu, andugapisunuAndugapisunu}}
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===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; 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. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Axillary sub-terminal racemes|whiteWhite|10|calyx 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===
{{Fruit|Drupe|12 mm long|||ovoidOvoid, trigonous; pyrenes 3; seed 3.|}}
===Other features===
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==How to plant/cultivateCultivation 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==
==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>
<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="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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[[Category:Ayurvedic herbs that don't have seed photos]]
[[Category:Burseraceae]]
