Boswellia serrata Roxb.ex Coleb.

Type
Indigenous
Family
Burseraceae
Synonym
Boswellia glabra Roxb.
Local Name
Kungiliyam
Local Name 2
Sambrani
Habit
Medium sized tree
Botanical Features

Deciduous trees, bark yellowish-white with dark blotches, exfoliations thin, papery, smooth flakes; blaze red; exudation white gum-resin; branchlets pubescent. Leaves imparipinnate, alternate, apically clustered, estipulate; rachis 11-44 cm, slender, pubescent, swollen at base; 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, base oblique, acute, apex obtuse, margin entire or crenate, chartaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 8-14 pairs, pinnate, faint, flowers bisexual, small, white, in axillary or subterminal fascicled racemes; fruit a drupe, ovoid, trigonous; pyrenes 3; seed 3.

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