- Family : DIPTEROCARPACEAE
(Dipterocarpus Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : SAKHU FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Dipterocarpaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Shorea robusta Gaertn.
- Common name : The Sal
- Vernacular name :
- Guggilamu, Gugal, Thamba (Telugu)
- Sal, Sakhu (Hindi)
- Saluvai maram (Tamil)
- Sal, Salura, Sekura, Sagua, Rengal (Oria)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests, Tropical moist deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : In Sal forest. Occasional in hilly forests. Wood is used commercially. Wood resin is aromatic and incense. Fat extracted from the seeds
- Key identification features : Bark is dark brown rough with deep verticle furrows. Fruit winged
- Flower, Fruit : March-June
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy, Ravichandran V., Navendu Page; Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy, Navendu Page
- Collection Date : 02-03-2017, 25-02-2016
- Collection Nos : HJCB 983, HJCB-E-331
- Collection Locality : Similipal Tiger Reserve, Odisha; Mahanadi Wildlife Sanctuary, Nyagarh district (OD)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district, Chittoor district
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Davanagare district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
- Maharashtra : Amravati district
- Odisha : Throughout the Odisha
- Jharkhand :
- Madhya Pradesh : Madhya Pradesh
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Tibet
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Tibet
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Literature :
- J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
- Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
- Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI.
- Indigenous Plants at Biodiversity Park, Ranchi - Ranchi Afforestation Division, Forest and Environmental Department, Jharkhand
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Shorea robusta. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Field Image(s)
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Habitat
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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