Herbarium JCB

Boswellia serrata Roxb. ex Coleb.

Family : BURSERACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Burseraceae
Species : Boswellia serrata
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Boswellia serrata Roxb. ex Colebr.
Common name : Indian Olibanum Tree, Indian Frankincense
Vernacular name : Shallaki (San.); Shallaki (Hin.); Madi (Kan.)
Collection Nos : KFP 3972, KFP 6201
Collector(s) Name : S.R Ramesh
Key identification features : A large-sized deciduous tree. Bark is thin and greenish-ash coloured exfoliating into papery smooth flakes. Leaves are unipinnate and crowded at the branch ends; leaflets 15-31, deeply crenate. Flowers are small, white and occur in fascicled racemes. Stamens are inserted at the base of a red annular disk. Fruit is a three valved capsule.
Habit : Tree
Native : India
Comments : A green gum (Resin) exudes from wounds in bark that is used as incense and as a diaphoretic and astringent.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Collection Locality : Chamundi Hills (Mysore)
Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Bidar, Bijapur, Chitradurga, Davanagere, Gulbarga, Hassan, Kodagu, Tumkur
Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1996; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere