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Species
Near ThreatenedSPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalvales
- FamilyDipterocarpaceae
Native toAssam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya
Observations recorded595
Subtropical Himalaya (Garhwal to Assam), India.
via GBIF · IUCN · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 133
- With media
- 126
- Family
- Dipterocarpaceae
- Collections
- MICH, BRIT, NY, US, CM
- Recorded in
- Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka
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Encyclopedic overview
Shorea robusta, the sal tree (Devanagari: साल ; IAST: sāla), shala, sakhua, or sarai, is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The tree is native to India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Tibet and across the Himalayan regions.
Evolution
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shorea robusta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.