Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Salasi in India is the name of a plant defined with Boswellia serrata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Boswellia glabra Roxb. (among others).

2) Salasi in Philippines is also identified with Leucosyke capitellata It has the synonym Missiessya fagifolia Gaudich. (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique (1857)
· Planta Medica (1998)
· The India Journal of Experimental Biology (IJEB)
· Encycl. (Lamarck) (1816)
· Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique (1854)
· Phytochem. Anal. (2001)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Salasi, for example pregnancy safety, side effects, health benefits, extract dosage, diet and recipes, chemical composition, have a look at these references.

context information

This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

sālaśī (सालशी).—f Honesty, simplicity, guilelessness.

context information

Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Salashita.

Full-text: Salasai.

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