*Salvadora persica* L.
[image: Salvadora persica L.]
<https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/08/salvadora-persica-l.html>

*sal-va-DOR-a* -- named for an apothecary of Barcelona, Jaime Salvador y
Pedrol ... Dave's Botanary
<http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Salvadora> •
Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvadora_persica>
*PER-see-kuh* -- of or from Persia ... Dave's Botanary
<http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=persica>

*commonly known as*: mustard tree, toothbrush tree • *Arabic*: أراك arak •
*Assamese*: আৰাক arak, ইৰাক irak • *Bengali*: পার্সি মেসওয়াক parsi meswak
• *Bodo*: ডিগাৰু digaru • *Gujarati*: ખારીજાર kharijar, પીલુ pilu • *Hindi*:
जाल jaal, खरजाल kharjaal, मेस्वाक meswak, पीलु pilu • *Kachchhi*: ખારી જાર
khari jar, પીલુ pilu • *Kannada*: ಕರಿಗೋಣಿ ಮರ karigoni mara • *Malayalam*:
ഉകമരം ukamaram • *Marathi*: खाकण khakan, मिरजोली mirjoli, पिलु pilu •
*Nepali*: पिलु pilu • *Odia*: ଧାରୀ dhari, ପୀଲୁ pilu, ପୀଲୁପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣୀ
piluparnni, ମୃଦୁଚ୍ଛଦ mruduchchhada, ଶୀତ ଫଳ sita phala • *Persian*: درخت
مسواک darakht-e-misvak • *Punjabi*: ਪੀਲੂ pilu • *Rajasthani*: खारा जाल
khara jaal • *Sanskrit*: धानिन् dhanin, धारिन् dharin, गुडफल gudaphala,
पीलु pilu, शाखिन् shakhin, शीतसह shitasaha, स्रंसिन् sramsin, वामापीडन
vamapidana, विरेचन virechana • *Sindhi*: ડિયાર diyar, کبڙ khabbar, ઝાલ
jhaal • *Tamil*: பெருவிளா peru-vila, பீலு pilu, உகாய் ukay • *Telugu*:
గున్నంగి gunnangi • *Tulu*: ಕಿರ್ಗೋಂಜಿ kirgonji • *Urdu*: پيلو pilu


*botanical names*: *Salvadora persica* L. ... *accepted infraspecifics &
synonyms* listed at POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 31 July
2024
Bibliography / etymology
Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid
permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise
their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites
may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India
<https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/12/languages-of-india.html>
mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just
enough to satisfy curiosity about "where" could the listed names be best
prevalent in India.
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
*mustard tree*

   - Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvadora_persica> - The Free
   Encyclopedia
   - Forest Flora of Andhra Pradesh
   
<https://forests.ap.gov.in/Forest%20Flora%20of%20Andhra%20Pradesh/Flora%20Index.htm>
   - by RD Reddy & Md Sharfuddin Khan
   - this is the Mustard Tree of Scripture ... Royle, J. Forbes. "On the
   Identification of the Mustard Tree of Scripture.
   <http://www.jstor.org/stable/25207606>" *Journal of the Royal Asiatic
   Society of Great Britain and Ireland*, vol. 8, 1846, pp. 113–37. JSTOR.
   Accessed 31 July 2024.

*toothbrush tree*

   - Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvadora_persica> - The Free
   Encyclopedia
   - Forest Flora of Andhra Pradesh
   
<https://forests.ap.gov.in/Forest%20Flora%20of%20Andhra%20Pradesh/Flora%20Index.htm>
   - by RD Reddy & Md Sharfuddin Khan

~~~~~ ARABIC ~~~~~
written in: *Arabic* (عَرَبِيّ) ... spoken in: various states of India ...
Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabs_in_India>
*أراك arak*

   - ويكيبيديا - الموسوعة الحرة
   <https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%83> ... Wikipedia -
   The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: *Assamese* (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: *Assam*, Arunachal Pradesh,
Meghalaya
*আৰাক arak, ইৰাক irak*

   - Many thanks to Brahmananda Patiri for help with these names ...
   facebook
   <https://www.facebook.com/groups/info.annu/permalink/2484895975074646/>
   ... this species introduced during Mughal expansion in 16th century

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: *Bengali* (বাংলা) ... spoken in: *West Bengal*, Assam,
Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
*পার্সি মেসওয়াক parsi meswak*

   - Many thanks to Bubai Bera for help with this name ... facebook
   <https://www.facebook.com/groups/303854683587708/permalink/418760165430492>
   - উইকিপিডিয়া - একটি মুক্ত বিশ্বকোষ
   
<https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95>
   ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ BODO ~~~~~
written in: *Devanagari* or Latin ... spoken in: *Assam* ... other names
for this language: Boro
*ডিগাৰু digaru*

   - Many thanks to Brahmananda Patiri for help with this name ... facebook
   <https://www.facebook.com/groups/info.annu/permalink/2484895975074646/>

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: *Gujarati* (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: *Gujarat*, *Dadra & Nagar
Haveli*, *Daman & Diu*
*ખારીજાર kharijar*

   - વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી
   <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/cGJt67sMbng/m/dq0c7kFEAgAJ>
   (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)
   - or *ખારીજાળ kharijal* ... Gujarati Lexicon
   
<https://www.gujaratilexicon.com/dictionary/gujarati-to-gujarati-translation/%E0%AA%96%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%80%E0%AA%9C%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B3/>
   - the most comprehensive Gujarati language resource
   - or *ખારીજાળ kharijal* ... PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR,
   JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926

*પીલુ pilu*

   - વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી
   <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/cGJt67sMbng/m/dq0c7kFEAgAJ>
   (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: *Devanagari* (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: *Delhi*, *Uttar Pradesh*,
*Bihar*, *Chhattisgarh*, *Haryana*, *Jharkhand*, *Madhya Pradesh*,
Rajasthan, *Uttarakhand*
*जाल jaal*

   - PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926

*खरजाल kharjaal*

   - मराठी विश्वकोश <https://vishwakosh.marathi.gov.in/30149/> - महाराष्ट्र
   राज्य मराठी विश्वकोश निर्मिती मंडळ

*मेस्वाक meswak*

   - Vikaspedia
   
<https://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/crop-production/package-of-practices/medicinal-and-aromatic-plants/salvadora-persica>
   - Knowledge Portal - Government of India initiative (powered by MEIT
   <https://www.meity.gov.in/> & C-DAC <https://cdac.in/index.aspx?id=HY>)

*पीलु pilu*

   - A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English
   <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/platts/> by John T. Platts ...
   also spelt as *पीलू pilu*

~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~
written in: *Gujarati* (કચ્છી), Sindhi (ڪڇّي) ... spoken in: *Kutch* region
of Gujarat
*ખારી જાર khari jar, પીલુ pilu*

   - PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka*
*ಕರಿಗೋಣಿ ಮರ karigoni mara*

   - Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional
   medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and
   Karnataka
   
<http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf>
   - Shodhganga ... ಕರಿಗೋಣಿ ಮರ karigoni mara = black sack tree; this name
   arose as bark fibre obtained from this tree, usually prefers black soil
   - Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus
   
<https://alar.ink/dictionary/kannada/english/%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%97%E0%B3%8B%E0%B2%A3%E0%B2%BF>
   created by V. Krishna
   - or *ಕಿರಿಗೋಣಿ ಮರ kirigoni mara* ... S G Narsimhachar - Latin and
   Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore
   <http://mdl.mandayamsabha.in/uploads/book/bk_1605597283.pdf> - Mandayam
   Digital Library
   - or simply *ಗೋಣಿ ಮರ goni mara* ... Five Hundred Indian Plants
   
<https://archive.org/download/FiveHundredIndianPlants/FiveHundredIndianPlants.pdf>
   by Messrs. C. Stolz and G. Plebst, Basel Mission, Mangalore
   - or *ಗೊನಿಮರ gonimara* ... ವಿಕಿಕೋಟ್ - ಒಂದು ಸ್ವತಂತ್ರ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ
   
<https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%97%E0%B3%8A%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%BF_%E0%B2%8E%E0%B2%A3%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A3%E0%B3%86>
   ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: *Malayalam* (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: *Kerala*, Lakshadweep
*ഉകമരം ukamaram*

   - വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം
   <https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%89%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%82>
   ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka
*खाकण khakan, पिलु pilu*

   - The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा
   
<https://gazetteers.maharashtra.gov.in/cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Vansampada/PDF/271-546.pdf>

*मिरजोली mirjoli*

   - The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा
   
<https://gazetteers.maharashtra.gov.in/cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Vansampada/PDF/271-546.pdf>
   - or *मिरजोळी mirjoli* ... मराठी विश्वकोश
   <https://vishwakosh.marathi.gov.in/30149/> - महाराष्ट्र राज्य मराठी
   विश्वकोश निर्मिती मंडळ

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
written in: *Devanagari* (नेपाली) ... spoken in: *Nepal*, *West Bengal*,
*Assam*, *Sikkim*
*पिलु pilu*

   - Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ...
   efloraofindia
   <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/4rCaB8UALQI/m/oOIGbYQ9AAAJ>

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: *Odia* (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: *Odisha*, Andaman & Nicobar
Islands
*ଧାରୀ dhari, ପୀଲୁ pilu, ପୀଲୁପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣୀ piluparnni, ମୃଦୁଚ୍ଛଦ mruduchchhada,
ଶୀତ ଫଳ sita phala*

   - Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha
   <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/praharaj/> by Praharaj, G.C.

~~~~~ PERSIAN ~~~~~
written in: *Farsi* (فارسی) ... almost a defunct language; spoken in: West
Bengal, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Bihar
*درخت مسواک darakht-e-misvak*

   - ویکی‌پدیا - دانشنامهٔ آزاد
   
<https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%AE%D8%AA_%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%DA%A9>
   ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~
written in: *Gurmukhi* (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: *Punjab*
*ਪੀਲੂ pilu*

   - ਵਿਕੀਪੀਡੀਆ - ਇੱਕ ਆਜ਼ਾਦ ਵਿਸ਼ਵਕੋਸ਼
   
<https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%82_(%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%81%E0%A9%B1%E0%A8%96)>
   ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~
written in: *Devanagari* (राजस्थानी) ... spoken in: *Rajasthan*
*खारा जाल khara jaal*

   - Rajasthan Government - Forest Department
   
<http://forest.rajasthan.gov.in/content/dam/raj/forest/ForestDepartment/PDFs/Department%20Wing/Forest%20Working%20Plan/Sanctioned%20Working%20Plan/text/Bundi_Final.pdf>
   - or *खारी जाल khara jaal* ... Charan, P. & Sharma, K. (2016). FLORAL
   DIVERSITY OF THAR DESERT OF WESTERN RAJASTHAN, INDIA.
   
<https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326224160_FLORAL_DIVERSITY_OF_THAR_DESERT_OF_WESTERN_RAJASTHAN_INDIA>

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: *Devanagari* (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and
scholars
*धानिन् dhanin, धारिन् dharin, गुडफल gudaphala, पीलु pilu, शाखिन् shakhin,
शीतसह shitasaha, स्रंसिन् sramsin, वामापीडन vamapidana, विरेचन virechana*

   - Learn Sanskrit
   <https://www.learnsanskrit.cc/translate?search=salvadora&dir=es> - पठत
   संस्कृतम् - शब्दकोशः

~~~~~ SINDHI ~~~~~
written in: *Perso-Arabic* (سِنڌِي), Gujarati (સિંધી), Devanagari (सिन्धी)
... spoken in: *Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan*
*ડિયાર diyar, ઝાલ jhaal*

   - PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926

*کٻڙ khabbar*

   - وڪيپيڊيا <https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%BB%DA%99> - هِڪُ
   کُليل ڄاڻَ چِيڪلو ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
   - or also spelt as *کَٻَڙُ khabbar* ... A Sindhi-English dictionary
   <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/mewaram/> by Parmanand Mewaram

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: *Tamil* (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: *Tamil Nadu*, Puducherry,
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
*பெருவிளா peru-vila, பீலு pilu, உகாய் ukay (or உகா uka)*

   - Tamil lexicon <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/>
   [Madras], University of Madras

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: *Telugu* ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: *Andhra Pradesh*, *Telangana*,
Puducherry
*గున్నంగి gunnangi*

   - Flora Andhrika
   <https://floraandhrika.blogspot.com/search?q=Salvadora+persica> - Plant
   Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India
   - A Telugu-English dictionary
   <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/brown/> by Charles Philip Brown

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: *Tigalari (Tulu)* was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit,
*Kannada* (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: *Karnataka*, north Kerala
*ಕಿರ್ಗೋಂಜಿ kirgonji*

   - Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional
   medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and
   Karnataka
   
<http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf>
   - Shodhganga

~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~
written in: *Urdu* (اردو) ... spoken in: *Uttar Pradesh*, Delhi, Bihar,
Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka
*پيلو pilu*

   - A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English
   <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/platts/> by John T. Platts

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
almost throughout; drier parts of India

   - Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist,
   Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms.
   
<https://kbb.karnataka.gov.in/storage/pdf-files/Flora%20of%20Karnataka/Part%202.pdf>
   1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)
   - Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and
   Distribution of the World Flora.
   <https://www.worldplants.de/world-plants-complete-list/complete-plant-list>
   Version 24.7; last update July 18th, 2024. Last accessed 01/07/2024.

~~~~~ Last updated: 13:46 01-08-2024 ~~~~~






Names compiled / updated at
https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/08/salvadora-persica-l.html

Regards.
Dinesh



On Thu, Aug 1, 2024 at 4:42 PM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote:

> Names compiled / updated at
> https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/08/salvadora-persica-l.html
>
> Regards.
> Dinesh
>
> On Friday 30 August 2019 at 20:25:37 UTC+5:30 Dinesh Valke wrote:
>
>> Oh thanks very very much Anil ji.
>> That will indeed be great help.
>> Regards.
>> Dinesh
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 7:29 PM Dr. Anil Kumar Thakur <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I'll be happy to contribute Himachali names to your collection, Sir
>>>
>>> On Fri, 30 Aug, 2019, 3:45 PM Dinesh Valke, <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks very much Anil ji for the appreciation.
>>>> I do revise every species page to include the names that I compile.
>>>> It is done regularly without fail (even in case of minor / major
>>>> revisions).
>>>> Regards.
>>>> Dinesh
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 2:14 PM Anil Thakur <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thank you, Dinesh ji
>>>>> You have done a great job by compiling names from other languages.
>>>>> I wish you to add local names on every species pages. This will be of
>>>>> great help to the people interested in useful plants.
>>>>> Regards
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