Salvadoraceae
Toothbrush tree
Salvadora persica
- Family
- Salvadoraceae
- Genus
- Salvadora
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Common names
By language (29)
- Arabic
- أراك, اراك, سواك, شجر الأسنان, شجر السواك, كباث, مسواك
- Armenian
- Եղրևանի պարսկական
- arz
- اراك
- Bangla
- পার্সি মেসওয়াক
- Bulgarian
- Персийска салвадора
- Chinese
- 牙刷树, 亞力, 阿拉克樹
- Dutch
- Tandenborstelboom
- English
- Toothbrush tree, Mustard tree, Kikul oil plant, Peelo fruit, Tooth brush tree
- ff
- Siwaakeehi
- Finnish
- Persianhammastikkupuu
- German
- Zahnbürstenbaum
- Hausa
- Ashuwaki
- Hebrew
- סלוודורה פרסית
- Japanese
- サルバドラ・ペルシカ
- Kazakh
- Парсылық Сальвадора, Персиялық сальвадора
- lah
- پیلو
- Malayalam
- ഉകമരം
- Persian
- اراک, درخت مسواک, چوج
- Punjabi
- ਪੀਲੂ
- Russian
- Сальвадора персидская
- Serbian
- Салвадора перзика
- Sindhi
- کٻڙ
- Slovenian
- Salvadora
- Swahili
- Mswaki
- Tamil
- உகாய்
- Telugu
- గున్నంగి
- Turkish
- Misvak ağacı
- Ukrainian
- Сальвадора перська
- Urdu
- پیلو
Synonyms
- Cissus arborea Forssk.
- Embelia grossularia Retz.
- Galenia asiatica Burm.f.
- Lauridia multiflora Engl.
- Rivina paniculata L.
Flowers
- In flower
- October, December to May (from 54 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: S.MORE, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: S.MORE, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Alex G, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Harshjeet Singh Bal, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mittal Gala, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: scaup, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Nogga_Eugene, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: dune_ninja, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Nico, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.