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Taxon:
Boswellia serrata
Roxb. ex Colebr.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Boswellia
Family:
Burseraceae
Nomen number:
7458
Place of publication:
Asiat. Res. 9:379, t. 5. 1807
Verified:
11/27/2001
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Boswellia glabra
Roxb.
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Reference(s)
Bhandari, M. M.
1978. Flora of the Indian desert.
Boutelje, J. B.
1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India.
1988. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials (revised edition). 2:203-209.
Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds.
1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Boswellia+serrata&quantity=1
Kunkel, G.
1984. Plants for human consumption
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster.
1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Matthew, K. M.
1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic.
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Saldanha, C. J. & D. H. Nicolson.
1976. Flora of Hassan district.
Sharma, B. D. et al., eds.
1993-. Flora of India.
Uphof, J. C. T.
1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 82.
1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Common names
English
boswellia –
Reference(s)
Indian frankincense –
Reference(s)
Indian olibanum-tree –
Reference(s)
French
arbre à encens –
Reference(s)
India
kundur luban –
Reference(s)
salai –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Andhra Pradesh
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Karnataka
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Madhya Pradesh
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Maharashtra
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Punjab
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Rajasthan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Tamil Nadu
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Uttar Pradesh
Native
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
[Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka]
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Food additives
flavoring
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster.
1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Human food
vegetable
flowers and seeds
Kunkel, G.
1984. Plants for human consumption
Materials
fiber
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India.
1988. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials (revised edition). 2:203-209.
Materials
gum/resin
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India.
1988. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials (revised edition). 2:203-209.
Materials
lipids
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India.
1988. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials (revised edition). 2:203-209.
Materials
wood
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India.
1988. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials (revised edition). 2:203-209.
Medicines
folklore
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Name
References