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{{SPlantbox
|familia=Dipterocarpaceae
|familia=Dipterocarpaceae
|genus=Shorea
|genus=Shorea
|species=robusta
|species=robusta
|common_name=Sal
|common_name=Sal
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Max wd metric=ft
|Max wd metric=ft
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|origin=S Asia
|lifespan=perennial
|lifespan=perennial
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|exposure=sun
|exposure=sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|water=moist, moderate
|features=evergreen, deciduous
|Temp Metric=°F
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=10
|min_zone=10
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|max_zone=12
|max_zone=12
|image=Upload.png
|image=Sal (Shorea robusta)- new leaves with flower buds at Jayanti, Duars W Picture 120.jpg
|image_width=240
|image_width=240
}}
}}
'''''Shorea robusta''''', also known as '''sal''' or '''shala tree''', is a species of tree belonging to the [[Dipterocarpaceae]] family. This tree is native to southern [[Asia]].
Sal is moderate to slow growing, and can attain heights of 30 to 35 m and a trunk diameter of up to 2-2.5 m. The [[leaf|leaves]] are 10–25 cm long and 5–15 cm broad. In wetter areas, it is [[evergreen]]; in drier areas, it is dry-season [[deciduous]], shedding most of the leaves in between February to April, leafing out again in April and May.
==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
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File:Sal (Shorea robusta)- old leaf at Jayanti, Duars W Picture 122.jpg| old leaf
File:Sal (Shorea robusta)- trunk- strangulated by some ficus tree at Jayanti, Duars W Picture 119.jpg| trunk with ficus strangling it
File:Sal (Shorea robusta)- flowering canopy W Picture 117.jpg| flowering canopy
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