Salvadora oleoides

Salvadora oleoides is a small bushy evergreen tree found in India and Pakistan and southern Iran.

Salvadora oleoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Salvadoraceae
Genus: Salvadora
Species:
S. oleoides
Binomial name
Salvadora oleoides
Synonyms[3]

Salvadora stocksii Wight

The root and stem possess various antimicrobial agents and is traditionally used as toothbrush in Pakistan and India.

Habitat

The vann is commonly found in and around Sandal Bar, and is reserved for use as grazing sources for local peasant villages. In addition, a number of trees have been preserved to provide shade for cattle.

Wood
tree at Hodal in Faridabad District of Haryana, India.

The vann is mostly non-woody and the small amount of wood that it has is soft, light, and not particularly useful for any of wood's normal uses, notably building and heat. When burnt, it leaves a large quantity of ash, which can then be boiled down into a substance for treating mange in camels.

In literature

Jal-tree

In the janamsakhis of Guru Nanak, he was found laying under a jal-tree whose shadow remained stationary to protect him from the sun. Macauliffe identifies this tree as Salvadora oleoides.[4]

See also

References
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  1. Crowley, D. (2021). "Salvadora oleoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T164052709A164059400. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T164052709A164059400.en. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  2. "Salvadora oleoides". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
  3. "Salvadora oleoides Decne". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  4. Macauliffe, Max Arthur (1909). The Sikh Religion, its gurus, sacred writings and authors. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 19 .
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  • RC Ghosh (1977): Hand book on afforestation techniques, Dehradun.
  • RK Gupta & Ishwar Prakasah (1975): Environmental analysis of the Thar Desert, Dehradun.
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