Shorea robusta medicinal plant

1. PRESENTED BY: Nabina, Puspa (NP)
UCMS, B.Pharma
4th batch

2. Shorea robusta

3. Synonyms:
 Saal, sakhwa, sal tree, jin, agrs, dhusin.

4. Biological source:
 It is the oleo-resin obtained from bark, leaves, fruits
and seed oils of shorea robusta gearth belonging to
family Dipterocarpaceae.

5. Geographical source:
 It is widely distributed in Nepal, India and Bhutan.
 It is distributed throughout Nepal to about 1400 m in
open sub-Himalayan tracts and outer region of the
hills.

6. Cultivation and collection:
 It is propagated by seedling methods.
 It is light demander.
 It grows on wide range of soil type except in the very
sandy, gravelly soils.

7. Preparation:
 The plant oleo-resin was shed dried and successfully
extracted with different solvents using soxhlet
apparatus.
 The extracts were filtrate and concentrated under
reduced pressure below 40°c to dryness.

8. Macroscopic characters:
 Tall, gregarious tree of
about 30 m height forming
dominant forests.
 Leaves 6-22 × 4-16 cm,
alternate, petiolate, ovate,
oblong, entire, glabrous.
 Flowers in axillary or
terminal panicles, cream
coloured.
 Fruits samara wings,
brownish yellow.

9. Chemicals constituents:
 Sal resin contains essential oil, dipterocarpol,
dammarenolic acid, asiatic acid, ᾀ- amyrin,
shoreaphenol.

10. Uses:
 The resins is valued for dysentery, gonorrhea, diarrhea,
boils and toothaches.
 A warm leaf is applied to swollen part of the body for
its quick effects.
 Seed oil is applied in case of skin disease, illumination.
 Bark and leaves are astringent, acrid, antihelmenthic,
bacterial infections, anemia etc.