Salvadora has c.a/ 3 species in India, but S. persica is the best known. Twigs are used as tooth brush in India and also thotugh out the Muslim world. It is said the Prophet subscribed it as tooth brush.
On Feb 15, 6:25 pm, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote: > *Salvadora persica*, commonly known as: mustard tree, salt brush, tooth > brush tree • Gujarati: પીલુડી piludi • Hindi: मेस्वाक meswak, पिलु pilu • > Kannada: ಗೊನಿಮರ gonimara • Marathi: khakan, पिलु pilu • Sanskrit: गुडफल > gudaphala, पिलु pilu • Tamil: உகா uka • Telugu: గున్నంగి gunnangi > > Please search in earlier discussions for any interesting information. > > Regards. > > > > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 6:46 PM, Blaise <blaisepere...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi All, > > > Would appreciate help in ID of this Shrub. > > > Place - It was growing alongside the mangroves near the Airoli-Mulund > > bridge. > > > Date - 31Jan10 > > > TIA, > > > Blaise > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "efloraofindia" group. > > To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
