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Boswellia serrata

Description
Life form	tree	Physiology	deciduous, single stem
Habit	erect	Category	forage/pasture, materials, ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic, forest/wood, environmental
Life span	perennial	Plant attributes

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	shallow (20-50 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	33	42	7	47	Soil texture	medium, light	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	1000	1500	500	2000	Soil fertility	moderate	low
Latitude	5	5	25	25	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	1150	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	low (<4 dS/m)
Soil PH	5.5	6.5	5	7.4	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)
Light intensity	very bright	clear skies	very bright	cloudy skies

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), steppe or semiarid (Bs)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-2	Killing temp. early growth	-1
Abiotic toler.	fire	Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system		Crop cycle	240	320
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
fuels	fuelwood	bark
fuels	charcoal	bark
animal food (feed)	vitamins	leaves
animal food (feed)	minerals	leaves
material	timber wood	bark
material	fibres	bark
material	gums/resins	stems
medicinal	genitourinary system applications	exudates
medicinal	blood system applications	exudates
non-vertebrate food	vitamins	leaves
non-vertebrate food	minerals	leaves
environmental	revegetation	entire plant
environmental	ornamental/turf	entire plant