WHO monographs on selected medicinal plants - travolekar.ru
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Gummi Boswellii<br />
Definiti<strong>on</strong><br />
Gummi Boswellii c<strong>on</strong>sists of the dried gum resin of Boswellia serrata<br />
Roxb. ex Colebr. (Burseraceae) (1).<br />
Syn<strong>on</strong>yms<br />
Boswellia glabra Roxb., B. thurifera (Colebr.) Roxb. (2, 3).<br />
Selected vernacular names<br />
Alberodell’incenso, anduga, arbore à encerns, boswellia, boswellie-dentelee,<br />
chilakdupa, dhupelio, dhup-gugali, dhupdo, fan hun hsiang, fan hun<br />
shu, gajabhakshya, gandhabiroz, gobahr shalla, gugal, guggul, guggula,<br />
husn-e-lubban, Indian frankincense tree, Indian olibanum, Indischerweihrauch,<br />
kapitthaprani, k<strong>on</strong>dagugi tamu, k<strong>on</strong>dor, ko<strong>on</strong>kanadhoopam,<br />
kundre, kundrikam, kundur, kundur luban, kundu<strong>ru</strong>, kunthreekan, kuntu<strong>ru</strong>kkam,<br />
labana, loban, loban zakar, lobhan, luban, luban-dacar-hindi,<br />
luban dhakar, maddi, madi, madimar, pahadi, parangisambrani, parangisampirani,<br />
saladi, salai, Salaibaum, salai cha dink, salai g<strong>on</strong>ad, salai guggal,<br />
salakhi, saleda, saledhi, saledo, salgai, sallaki, sambrani, samprani,<br />
sanlaki, shaledum, shallaki, susrava, tallaki, vishesha dhoop, visheshdhup,<br />
zarw (1, 2, 4–7).<br />
Geographical distributi<strong>on</strong><br />
Native to India (3, 6, 7).<br />
Descripti<strong>on</strong><br />
A medium to large deciduous tree, up to 18 m in height and 2.4 m in girth.<br />
Leaves imparipinnate, leaflets ovate or ovate-lanceolate, variable. Flowers<br />
small, white, in axillary racemes or panicles. D<strong>ru</strong>pes 12 mm l<strong>on</strong>g, trig<strong>on</strong>ous,<br />
scarlet when young, turn white at maturity. Bark thick and aromatic.<br />
When cut, a secreti<strong>on</strong> exudes and becomes gum-like after exposure<br />
to air (1, 2, 7).<br />
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