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|nameL=Salvadora persica
|family=Salvadoraceae
|nameE=Mustard tree&&Toothbrush tree
|habitat=India&&Persia&&Arabia&&Sahara
|partUsed=Semen&&Folia&&Radix&&Flores&&Oleum
|constituent=seed: fat, colouring matter; rootbark: salvadorine (alkaloid), resin, colouring matter, trimethylamine; fruit: sugar, fat, colouring matter,
|action=leaf, rootbark: alterative, tonic, febrifuge, nerve-stimulant; fruit: carminative, diuretic, deobstruent, edible, used to reduce an enlarged spleen; flower: laxative, stimulant; oil: rubefacient
}}