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| image = Boswellia serrata (Salai) in Kinnarsani WS, AP W2 IMG_5840.jpg<br />
| image_caption = in [[Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary]], [[Telangana]], [[India]].<br />
| genus = Boswellia<br />
| species = serrata<br />
| authority = [[Roxb.]]<br />
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'''''Boswellia serrata''''' is a plant that produces Indian [[frankincense]]. The plant is native to much of [[India]] and the [[Punjab region]] that extends into [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{GRIN | accessdate=15 October 2014}}</ref><br />
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==Sustainability==<br />
''Boswellia serrata'' is currently at risk of being eradicated because of non-sustainable practices.<ref name="bongers">{{cite journal | last1=Bongers | first1=Frans | last2=Groenendijk | first2=Peter | last3=Bekele | first3=Tesfaye | last4=Birhane | first4=Emiru | last5=Damtew | first5=Abebe | last6=Decuyper | first6=Mathieu | last7=Eshete | first7=Abeje | last8=Gezahgne | first8=Alemu | last9=Girma | first9=Atkilt | last10=Khamis | first10=Mohamed A. | last11=Lemenih | first11=Mulugeta | last12=Mengistu | first12=Tefera | last13=Ogbazghi | first13=Woldeselassie | last14=Sass-Klaassen | first14=Ute | last15=Tadesse | first15=Wubalem | last16=Teshome | first16=Mindaye | last17=Tolera | first17=Motuma | last18=Sterck | first18=Frank J. | last19=Zuidema | first19=Pieter A. |display-authors=3 | title=Frankincense in peril | journal=Nature Sustainability | volume=2 | issue=7 | year=2019 | issn=2398-9629 | doi=10.1038/s41893-019-0322-2 | pages=602–610| s2cid=197402586 }}</ref><br />
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== Research ==<br />
''Boswellia serrata'' contains various derivatives of [[boswellic acid]] including β-boswellic acid, acetyl-β-boswellic acid, 11-keto-β-boswellic acid and acetyl-11-keto-β-boswellic acid.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Dragos|first1=Dorin|last2=Gilca|first2=Marilena|last3=Gaman|first3=Laura|last4=Vlad|first4=Adelina|last5=Iosif|first5=Liviu|last6=Stoian|first6=Irina|last7=Lupescu|first7=Olivera|display-authors=3|date=2017-01-16|title=Phytomedicine in Joint Disorders|journal=Nutrients|volume=9|issue=1|pages=70|doi=10.3390/nu9010070|issn=2072-6643|pmc=5295114|pmid=28275210|doi-access=free}}</ref><br />
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[[Extract]]s of ''Boswellia serrata'' have been clinically studied for [[osteoarthritis]] and joint function, with the research showing trends of benefit (slight improvement) in pain and function.<ref name="Cameron">{{cite journal | last1=Cameron | first1=M | last2=Chrubasik | first2=S | title=Oral herbal therapies for treating osteoarthritis. | journal=The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | issue=5 | date=22 May 2014 | volume=2016 | issn=1469-493X | pmid=24848732 | pmc=4494689 | doi=10.1002/14651858.CD002947.pub2 | page=CD002947}}</ref><br />
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==Gallery==<br />
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File:Guggilamu (Telugu- గుగ్గిలము) (4400555272).jpg|<br />
File:Boswellia serrata (4399783209).jpg|<br />
File:Boswellia serrata seeds, by Omar Hoftun.jpg|Seeds<br />
File:Boswellia serrata (Salai) in Kinnarsani WS, AP W IMG 5844.jpg|<br />
File:Kungilyam (Malayalam- കുങ്ങില്യം) (4399784587).jpg|<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Boswellia|serrata]]<br />
[[Category:Flora of India (region)]]<br />
[[Category:Flora of Pakistan]]<br />
[[Category:Incense material]]<br />
[[Category:Resins]]<br />
[[Category:Plants described in 1807]]<br />
[[Category:Taxa named by Jules Émile Planchon]]</div>
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