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Boswellia Serrata
Family Name : BURSERACEAE
Botanical Name : BOSWELLIA
SERRATA
Common Name : INDIAN OLIBANUM
TREE, OLIBANUM, LUBAN, GOND
Part Used : BARK, GUM RESIN
Uses : The bark is sweet,
cooling and tonic. It is good in vitiated conditions of Pitta, cough, asthama.
It is useful in fevers, urethrorrhea, diaphoresis, convulsions,
chronic laryngitis, jaundice
and arthritis. Burseraceae is a family of 17-18 genera and about 540 species
of flowering plants, also known as the Torchwood family or
incense tree family. The
family includes both trees and shrubs, and is native to tropical regions
of Africa, Asia and the Americas.
Some members of the family
produce fragrant resins used as incense or perfume, most notably frankincense
and myrrh. |
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