Salvadora (plant genus)
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For other uses, see Salvadora (disambiguation).
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| Salvadora persica | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Salvadoraceae |
| Genus: | Salvadora |
Salvadora is a genus of tree or shrub in the plant family Salvadoraceae. There are five species, including Salvadora australis, Salvadora oleiodes and Salvadora persica. It is native to the middle east.
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[edit] Description
It grows as small tree up to 7 metres high, but its branches commonly hang down to the ground, making it look more like a shrub than a tree.
[edit] Distribution and habitat
Salvadora is native to the hottest, dryest areas of the Middle East.
[edit] Taxonomy
It was named by Laurent Garcin in honour of Spanish botanist Juan Salvador y Bosca
[edit] References
- Garcin, Laurence; translated from the French by Stack, T. (1749). "The establishment of a new genus of plants, Called Salvadora, with its description". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society: 47–53.
