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Salvadora persica
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species of plant
OverviewAI-generated
Salvadora persica is a species of plant in the family Salvadoraceae, belonging to the order Brassicales and class Magnoliopsida. It is commonly known as the toothbrush tree, mustard tree, or tandenborstelboom. The species is the source of miswak. Its taxonomic authority is L., and it is classified under the kingdom Plantae and phylum Tracheophyta.
The native range of Salvadora persica includes Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burkina, Caprivi Strip, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, and Kenya. It has been introduced to Cameroon. Other records indicate presence in Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and Pakistan. The IUCN Red List assessed the species as Least Concern in 2019.
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Species
Least ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderBrassicales
- FamilySalvadoraceae
Norgth and East Africa to Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, West and Southeast Africa, West Asia to India & Sri Lanka.
via GBIF · IUCN · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 728
- With media
- 698
- Family
- Salvadoraceae
- Collections
- USU, CAS, MICH, NY, RSA, UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS
- Recorded in
- Sri Lanka, India, Tanzania, Pakistan, Namibia, Zambia, Malawi, Kenya
Wikidata facts
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- Commons category
- Salvadora persica
- taxon rank
- species
- taxon name
- Salvadora persica
- Commons gallery
- Salvadora persica
- taxon common name
- salvadora
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- this taxon is source of
- miswak
- short name
- S. persica
- external data available at URL
- www.gbif.org/dataset/c87068b8-7db7-49bf-b33e-eb51ffbe6345
- taxon range
- Angola
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Encyclopedic overview
Salvadora persica or the arak, is a small evergreen tree. Other common names include jhal, toothbrush tree, mustard tree, and peelu. Its roots and twigs called miswak are traditionally used for chewing as a toothbrush.
The tree is native from the Middle East and North Africa to India.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Salvadora persica” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.