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Salvadora persica L.
Scientific Synonyms:

Previous name used in the website: Salvadora persica
Family name: SALVADORACEAE
English name: Toothbrush Tree
Mustard Tree
Salt Brush
Sinhala name: Malittan (මලිත්තන්)
Tamil name: Uvay
Viyay
Peru Vila
Ukay
Sanskrit name: Dhanin
Dharin
Gudaphala
Pilu
Shakhin
Shitasaha
Sramsin
Vamapidana
Virechana
Conservation status: LC - Least Concerned - NRL - 2020
Description: Spiny shrub with hairy, quadrangular stems, 4-spinous at each node, spines to 3 cm long. Leaves opposite, 3-4(-7) cm long, 1.5-3 cm broad; stipules tiny. Flowers unisexual sessile; in the staminate plants: flowers 2-6 at the nodes. I the pistillate plants: flowers solitary, at leaf axils. Fruit globose, white, fleshy, to 10 mm in diameter, seeds 1-2.
Native Distribution Status: Native
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