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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Salvadora persica

Common Name
Misvak; Chhota Pilu; Ark; Mustard Tree; Toothhbrush Tree

Activities

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Alterative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Anodyne Elsewhere *
Ascarifuge Elsewhere *
Asthma Elsewhere *
Astringent Elsewhere *
Bilious Elsewhere *
Carminative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Carminative Elsewhere *
Catarrh Elsewhere *
Cough Elsewhere *
Dentifrice Sudan Broun, A.F., and R.E. Massey. 1929. Flora of the Sudan. The controller, Sudan Govt. Office, Wellington House, Buchingham Gate, London, S.W.I.
Dentifrice Tanzania *
Dentifrice Egypt *
Dentifrice Africa(Swahili) *
Dentifrice Mozambique Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Dentifrice Saudi Arabia Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Deobstruent Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Deobstruent Elsewhere *
Diuretic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic Elsewhere *