- Family : BURSERACEAE
(Bursera Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : SALAI FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Burseraceae
- Synonym(s) : Boswellia glabra Roxb.; Boswellia serrata var. glabra (Roxb.) Bennett; Chloroxylon dupada Buch.-Ham.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Boswellia serrata Roxb. ex Colebr.
- Common name : Indian Olibanum Tree, Indian Frankincense, White dammer
- Vernacular name :
- Shallaki, Salai (Hindi)
- Madi, Chitta, Dhupada mara (Kannada)
- Kungiliyam, Kungli, Andaka, Guggulu maram (Tamil)
- Tellaguggilamu, Anduga (Telugu)
- Salia (Oria)
- Shallaki (Sanskrit)
- Salai, Salphali, Salpal (Marathi)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Deciduous forests and on the Ridges
- Comments / notes : Extinct in Sri Lanka. Hills up to 900m in gravely soil; in dry deciduous forests. A green gum resin that exudes from the wounds of bark is used for incense and medicinally as diaphoretic, astringent and to make ointments for sores. Wood pulp used for newsprint
- Key identification features : Bark yellow or greenish-ash-coloured, exfoliating in thin papery smooth flakes. Leaves crowed near the ends of branches with serrate margin
- Flower, Fruit : January-August
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Guntur district, Kurnool district, Kadapa district, Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district, West Godavari district
- Telangana : Mehboobnagar district
- Kerala : Idukki district
- Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
- Odisha : Angul district, Puri district, Bargarh district, Bolangir district
- Tamil Nadu : Salem district, Vellore district, Tiruchirapalli district, Coimbatore district, Dharmapuri district, Salem district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Haryana : Gurgaon district
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : India
- Exotic/Native : Native
- Endemism : India
- World Distribution : India
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
- J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Neginhal, S.G. 2011. Forest trees of the Western Ghats includes Eastern Ghats Deccan Plateau
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Maheshwari K.J (1963). Flora of Delhi: 98-99
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Boswellia serrata. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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