Herbarium JCB

Shorea roxburghii G. Don

Family : DIPTEROCARPACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Dipterocarpaceae
Species : Shorea roxburghii
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Shorea roxburghii G.Don (Unresolved name)
Common name : White Meranti, Talura lac Tree, Sal Tree, Salwood
Vernacular name : Saal, Aswakarnah (San.); Saal, Shaal (Hin.); Jalari (Kan.)
Collection Nos : HFP 1280, KFP 493, KFP 6714
Endemism : South-west India
Key identification features : A large resiniferous tree. Leaves are alternate, coriaceous and elliptic-oblong. Inflorescence axillary in panicles. Flowers are attractive, white, 1.2-1.5 cm across, star-shaped, fragrant and hairy outside. Fruit is nut-like and enclosed in an accrescent calyx that forms wings of the fruit. Bark is greyish-brown with a cracked appearance.
Habit : Tree
Native : India
Comments : Flowers are highly fragrant and attract honeybees.
Conservation Status : Endangered (EN)
Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Davanagere, Hassan, Kodagu, Mysore, Tumkur, Udupi, Uttara Kannada
Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere