| PlantID | 0038 |
| Botanical Name | Boswellia serrata |
| Common Name | Salai gugul |
| Classification | | Kingdom: | Plantae | | Subkingdom: | Tracheobionta | | Division: | Magnoliophyta | | Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Subclass: | Rosidae | | Order: | Sapindales | | Family: | Burseraceae | | Genus: | Boswellia | | Species: | serrata |
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| Part used | Trunk, bark and gum resin. |
| Medicinal Properties | Gum-rasin: antiseptic, astringent, diaphoretic, diuretic, stomachic, ecbolic,emmenagogue and expectorant;bark: acrid, cooling and tonic. |
| Medicinal Use | Gum-rasin(trunk): beneficial in cutaneous and nervous diseases, chronic diarrhoea, syphilitic diseases, goitre, gout, piles, rheumatism, bronchitis, asthma and tumors; bark: skin diseases, dysentery, ulcers, haemorrhoids and diarrhoea. |
| Chemistry | Bark: tannins, pentosans, beta-sitosterol, holocellulose, lignin; stem(salai gugul): gum-resin; oil: elenol, cadinene; seeds: crude protein, mucilage. |
| Cultivation | NA |
| Regional Habitat | Forests of Rajasthan in dry hilly areas. |
| Description | Medium sized decideduous tree, bark frequently papyraceous. Leaves are alternate, imparipinnate with opposite, sessile, ovate leaflets, crowded at ends of branches. Flowers are small, white, axillary racemes. Fruits are drupes, splited in three valves. Seeds are compressed, pendulous. |
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