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Sal Seed Oil

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Sal seed oil is a vegetable fat extracted from the seeds of Shorea robusta, the sal tree, a species native to India, Bangladesh, Nepal and the Himalayan region. The oil is extracted from the seeds and used as cooking oil after refining, and sal seeds and fruit also serve as a source of lamp oil.

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