Dipterocarpaceae
Sal tree
Shorea robusta
- Family
- Dipterocarpaceae
- Genus
- Shorea
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Common names
By language (45)
- Arabic
- شورية قاسية
- arz
- شوريه قاسيه
- Assamese
- শাল গছ
- Bangla
- শাল
- Bhojpuri
- सेखुआ, सखुआ, साखू, साल, सेखुवा
- Burmese
- အင်ကြင်းပင်
- Catalan
- Arbre sal, Arbre shal, Arbre shala
- Chinese
- 娑罗树, 娑羅樹, 娑罗双, 娑羅雙樹, 摩訶娑羅樹, 沙羅樹, 沙羅雙樹, 沙羅雙樹園
- Czech
- Damarovník obrovský
- Dutch
- Salboom
- English
- Sal tree, Sal, Sal wood, Sarai
- Esperanto
- Fortika ŝoreo, Salarbo
- Finnish
- Intianmerantipuu, Sal-puu, Salpuu
- French
- Sal, Sâla
- German
- Salbaum
- Hindi
- साल
- Hungarian
- Szálafa
- Indonesian
- Sala
- Japanese
- サラソウジュ, サラノキ, シャラノキ, 娑羅双樹, 沙羅双樹
- Kannada
- ಸಾಲ್
- Korean
- 사라수, 사라쌍수
- Lithuanian
- Stambioji šorėja, Salmedis
- Luxembourgish
- Salbam, Sal
- lzh
- 娑羅樹
- Maithili
- साल
- Malayalam
- കൈമരുത്
- Marathi
- शोरिया रोबस्टा
- Nepali
- साल, माधव कुमार नेपाल
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Saltre
- Persian
- درخت سال
- Polish
- Damarzyk mocny
- Punjabi
- ਸਾਲ
- Russian
- Сал, Саловое дерево, Шорея исполинская
- sat
- ᱥᱟᱨᱡᱚᱢ ᱵᱟᱦᱟ
- shn
- မႆႉပဝ်း, တူၼ်ႈမႆႉပဝ်း
- Sinhala
- සල්
- Slovak
- Šórea mohutná, Sorea robusta, Sálový strom, Šálový strom
- Slovenian
- Salovec
- Spanish
- Sal
- Swedish
- Salträd
- Tamil
- குங்கிலியம்
- Telugu
- గుగ్గిలం కలప చెట్టు
- Thai
- สาละ
- Urdu
- سال درخت
- Vietnamese
- Sala
Synonyms
- Dryobalanops robusta (C.F.Gaertn.) Oken
Photos
Photo: Yoav Daniel Bar-Ness, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Suhel Quader, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Suhel Quader, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: S.MORE, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sagnik Dutta Roy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ajaynioding, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sagnik Dutta Roy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kingshuk Mondal, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.