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Family: Burseraceae	Genus: Boswellia	Species: Boswellia serrata Roxb. ex Colebr.( सलाई )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Boswellia balsamifera Spreng., Boswellia glabra Roxb., Boswellia thurifera Roxb. ex Fleming, Chloroxylon dupada Buch.-Ham.	Flower Color	White
Common Name	Shallaki	Flower Type	Raceme
English / Trade Name	Olibanum Tree	Flowering Period	April-June
Vernacular /Local Name	Salai	Fruiting Period	July-Sept
Altitude	Up to 900 m	Fruit Type	Drupe
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Fruit ovoid, trigonous, pyrenes 3, seed 3
Habitat	Dry deciduous forests	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Western Himalaya , outer hills of Central and South India, tropical Africa	Bark Details	Bark yellowish-white with dark blotches, exfoliations thin, papery, smooth flakes, blaze red, exudation white gum-resin, branchlets pubescent
Distribution in Haryana	M. Garh, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Rewari, Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Compound
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Lence shaped
Description of Species	Deciduous trees,up to 20 m high, bark yellowish-white with dark blotches, exfoliation thin papery, smooth flakes, blaze red. Leaves imparipinnate, alternate, apically clustered, estipulate, rachis 11-44 cm. Leaflets 15-31, sessile or subsessile, opposite or subopposite.Lamina 0.8-9.5 x 0.5-3.5 cm, elliptic-oblong, oblong-lanceolate, oblong-ovate.Flowers bisexual, small, white, in axillary or subterminal fascicled racemes. Calyx pubescent, tube broadly campanulate, short, lobes 5-7, persistent,petals 5-7, 7 x 2.5-4 mm, white, ovate-oblong, shortly clawed, inflexed at apex pubescent out side except margin .Stamens 10, free. Ovary sessile, superior, ovoid, 3-celled, ovules 2 in each cell. Style to 3 mm, grooved. Stigma 3-lobed. Fruit a drupe, ovoid, trigonous, pyrenes 3, seed 3	Leaf Details	Leaves imparipinnate, alternate, apically clustered, estipulate. Rachis slender, pubescent, swollen at base

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