A Review Update on Shorea Robusta Gaertn F. (sal)

India is a varietal emporium of the medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) and we have well-established local healthcare tradition still relevant in indigenous healthcare system 1,2 . As per World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates, almost 80% of the population of developing countries relies on traditional medicines, mostly plant drugs, for their primary health care needs 3-5 . In developed countries, the use of Indian traditional medicines is quite prevalent and also, modern pharmacopoeia still contains at least 25% drugs derived from plants 6 . The use of medicinal plants in the Indian subcontinent can be traced back to the Vedic period. The texts mentioning the uses of different medicinal plants are the Rigveda (written between 4500 and 1600 BC), the Atharveveda (2000–1000 BC), the Charaka Samhita (∼900 BC) and the Sushruta Samhita (∼600 BC); these texts are written in Sanskrit.