Scientific Name :
Boswellia serrata Roxb. ex Colebr.
Synonym :
Boswellia glabra Roxb.
Boswellia balsamifera Spreng.
Common Name : Frankincense, Salai, Dhupali
Plant Family : Burseraceae
Habit : Tree
Plant Description
Flowering & Fruiting : February to June
Flower Colour : Greenish white
Description : Height: 15 to 20 m
Stem: Ash and green colour, smooth, bark pappery and peeling off, gum exudate from stem
Leaves: Unippinate, crowded at the tips of branches, serrate margins,dark green at upper surface, pale green beneath, pubescent
Flowers: Calyx 5 to 7 hairy, campanulate, persistent, petals 5 to 7, stamens 10, tricarpellary
Inflorescence: Axillary racemes
Fruits: Drupes, yellow white, trigonous
Native/ Exotic : N
Locality : CH, JM, VT, TL
Distribution Range : Indian Subcontinent.
Uses : Resin is used as an incense in religious practice
