This article is about the plant commonly known as "sal". For other uses, see Sal (disambiguation).
Shorea robusta
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Rosids
Order:
Malvales
Family:
Dipterocarpaceae
Genus:
Shorea
Species:
S. robusta
Binomial name
Shorea robusta
Roth
Synonyms
Vatica robusta
Shorea robusta, the sal tree,[2]sāla, shala, sakhua,[3] or sarai,[4] is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The tree is native to India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Tibet and across the Himalayan regions.[5]
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^"Shorea robusta". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
^M. S. Swaminathan; S. L. Kochhar (2019). Major Flowering Trees of Tropical Gardens. Cambridge University Press. pp. 39–40. ISBN 9781108481953. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
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^"Shorea robusta C.F.Gaertn. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
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