Wood Specimen's Information:  

 
  Museum Floor  &  Size of Specimens :

First floor, Timber section
  Specimen's Access Number :

CBRw012
  Binomial Name of Specimen :

Shorea robusta
  Specimen's Collector Name :

 
  Specimen's Collection Area :

 
 

Specimen's Collection Date

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  Specimen's Collection Country :

Inida
  Specimen's Collection Continent :

Asia
  Number of Specimen Available :

1
  Whether it is available for mutual exchange :

Yes
Scientific Classification of Wood Specimen:  

 
  Kingdom :

Plantae
  Division :

Magnoliophyta
 

Class

 :

Magnoliopsida
  Order :

Malvales
  Family :

Dipterocarpaceae
  Genus :

Shorea

  Subgenus :

 
  Species :

Shorea robusta
 

Author of Species

 :

Gaertner f
  Common/Trade Name :

Sal
  Vernacular Name :

Assamese: Sal

Bengali: Sakher, Sakhu, Sal, Salwa

Burmese: Enkhyen

Chinese: Suo Luo Shuang, Suo Luo Shuang Shu

English: Common Sal, Indian Dammer, Sal Seeds, Sal Tree, Saltree, Yellow Balau

French: Arbre à Sal, Balau Jaune, Dammar De L´inde, Sal

German: Salharzbaum

Gujarati: Ral

Hindi: Jall, Sal, Salwa, Shal

India: Jall, Sal, Salwa, Shal

Japanese: Sara Noki, Serangan Batsuu, Shara Noki

Malay: Bangkirai (Borneo), Damar Laut (Indonesia), Selangan Batu (Sabah), Selangan Batu Kumus

Marathi: Guggilu, Rala

Nepalese: Sakhuvaa (Sakwa), Sal

Oriya: Sagua, Sal, Salwa, Sekwa

Punjabi: Sal, Seral (Resin)

Russian: Sal, Salovoe Derevo, Shoreia Moshchnaia

Sanskrit: Ashvakarna, Chiraparna, Sal, Sala, Sarja

Sinhalese: Dammala

Tamil: Attam, Shalam

Telugu: Gugal, Guggilamu (Resin), Saluva, Sarjmu

Urdu: Ral
  Distribution of Species :

Shorea robusta (Sal in Sinhalese) is a species of tree native to southern Asia, ranging south of the Himalaya, from Myanmar in the east to India, Bangladesh, and Nepal. In India it extends from Assam, Bengal and Jharkhand west to the Shivalik Hills in Haryana, east of the Yamuna.
 

Uses

 :

Sal resin is burned as incense in Hindu ceremonies, and sal seeds and fruit are a source of lamp oil and vegetable fat.
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References :

 

  

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