Shorea robusta Gaertn.

 
  • 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 October 2024.

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