Boswellia serrata Salai gugal Shallaki Indian Frankincense Kunduru Kandur Guggul Dupa

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Boswellia serrata

Scientific Name and Description

Boswellia serrata ROXB.

Herb Family

Burseraceae

Plant type

Tree

Plant Synonyms

Boswellia glabra ROXB.
Boswellia serrata ROXB. var. glabra (ROXB.) BENNETT
Boswellia serrata Roxb. Ex Colebr.
Boswellia thurifera ROXB.
Chloroxylon dupada BUCH.

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

Hindi	anduk, gugal, halar, kundur, loban, lobhan, luban, salaga, salai, salar, salaran, salhe, sel-gond, vellakkunturukkam, Gugal
Kannada	aanebyala, chilakadi, chilakadoopa, chilkada, chilku, chite mara, chitta, chittha, chitthu, chittu, chittumbe, cite, citumme, dhupa, dhupadamara, doopa, dupa, googula, guggala, guggala doopa, guggaladupa, guggula, guggula mara, guggulu, huguludhupa, idabola, kanda, kunda, kunduru, lobaana maadi, lobana, maddi, maddi mara, madi, mukunda, saliria, sambrani, site, situmme, tadika, tadiku, taduku, turushka, viseshadhupada, vishesha dhoopa, visheshadhupada
Malayalam	chitteenthi, citinti, hladini, kondrike, koondrika, koondrikam, koonthrakum, kundurukkamaram, kuntirikkam, kuntirukkam, kunturukkam, manna-kungiliyam, mannakkunkilyam, mukundam, palangam, palankam, parankisamprani, sambrani, samprani, stayanti, valanku-chambrani, vella-kundirukkam, vellakkunturukkam
Marathi	anduk, pahadidhup, saalayi, salai, salaphali, salphulia, Shallaki
Sanskrit	agavrttika, ashvamutri, asraphala, bahusrava, gajabhaksha, gajabhaksya, gajapriya, gajasana, gajashana, gajavallabha, gandhamula, gandhavira, guggu, hladini, hraswada, jalatiktika, kapitthaparni, karaka, khapurah, konkanadhoopam, konkanadhupa, kumbhi, kundara, kundu, kundurakam, kunduru, kunduruguggulu, kunduruka, kunduruki, kunduruska, kunduruskah,lhadini, maherana, maheruna, mocha, nagavadhu, nagavrttika, rasala, salakhi, salasi, salasiniryasam, salasiniryasasallaki, sallaki, shallaki, silhabhumika, silhaki, sugandha, sukhamoda, surabhi, surabhisrava, sushrika, susrava, suvaha, vanakarnika, vasamaharuba, viseshadhupa, vrttika, yakshadhupa, Shallaki
Tamil	attam, campirani, coong kilium, curapi, dhupam, kavucikam, koondricum, kulikili, kumaincan, kumancam, kumancan, kundrikam, kunduru, kundurukam-pishin, kundurukkam-pishin, kundurukkan, kungiliam, kungiliyam, kungli, kungulu, kunkiliyam, kunkulu1, kuntarikkam, kunthirikkam, kuntilinkam, kuntirikam, kuntirukkam, kunturu1, kunturucam, kunturukam, kunturukkam, kunturukkam1, muraiyidam, muruntapali 1, narumpicin, parangi-shambirani, parangichambrani, paranki campirani, parankic campirani, parankisampirani, paringhi sambrani, pinniyakam, pinniyakkam, pintivakanam, pintivalakam, pintivalam, punniyakam, punniyakkam, sambrani, tevatupam1, titcanam, valakam , valugam, vellai kunkiliyam, vellaik kunkiliyam, vellaikungiliyam
Telugu	andaka, andika, anduga, anduga-pisunu, andugapisunu, andugu, anduku, dhoopamu, dhupa, dhupamu, goggilamu, gogoola, googilum, googoolupu, guggila puchettu, guggilam, guggilamu, guggilapu, guggillam, kanupu, parangi, parangi-sambrani, parangisaambraani, parangisambrani, pharangisambrani, tellaguggilamu, thellaguggilamu
Tibetan	bo ga dkar po, bog dkar pa, po ga dkar po, po ga dkar po (p)
Urdu	kundar, kundur, loban, lobana, sat loban
Ayurveda	Salai Guggal
Gujarati	Loban
English	Indian frankincense, Indian olibanum tree
Rajasthan Region	Salaran

Plants Medicinal Value

Medicinal Systems

Ayurved

Unani

Siddha

Folk

Sowa Rigpa

Pharmacological profile

Phytochemicals

Boswellic acid

Herb usable parts

Stem

Bark

Flowers

Gum

Resin

Whole plant

Ethanomedical Uses

Ethnopharmacology use

The yellow colored gum exudes from the bark is an effective stimulant, expectorant, diuretic, in the treatment of ulcer, tumours, diarrhoea and dysentery, piles and skin diseases.
Decoction of stem bark cures chronic cough and cold.
Powdered flowers also cure cold and fever.
Gum is used in the preparation of an ointment for sores and skin eruptions.

Source: Medicinal Plants in the Indian Arid Zone, March 2005, Director Central Arid Zone Research Institute Jodhpur 342 003

Boswellia serrata Roxb. Andugu Burseraceae Bark Rheumatism, Knee Pain

Boswellia serrata Roxb. ex Colebr

Habit - Tree

Parts used - Whole plant

Application -Rheumatism; dog bite; scorpion sting; cough; diseases; nervous and cutaneous disorders; impotency; antidote; dysentery; arthritis; snake bite; menorrhegia

Treatment - Men; General

References - Chopda and Mahajan 2009, Jain et al. 2004, Rao et al. 2006