Sal tree

Sal is a very important timber tree, both for home use and for export. A white resin sal dammar can be tapped from the trunk and this is used for caulking boats and as incense.

Sal flowers appear between April and may

 Sal is a large tree shedding most of its leaves in winter. It has a characteristic dark brown, rough and deeply fissured bark. Thi fruit is also conspicuous. Each one having 5 wings, and they hang down in brown clusters.

Sal leaf plates are used for offerings at temple and religious festivals 

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