Salvadora persica

plant

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In Brassicales: Bataceae, Salvadoraceae, and Koeberliniaceae
Twigs of Salvadora persica, a species that grows from Africa to India, make a bristly chewing stick, and the plant has valuable antiseptic properties that make it useful in toothpastes. The foliage can be eaten by domesticated animals, and the fruit is edible (some scholars think that…
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