{{Short description|Species of plant}} {{More citations needed|date=November 2019}} {{Speciesbox |image = Salvadora oleoides Bra39.png |status = DD |status_system = IUCN3.1 |status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author= Crowley, D. |date=2021 |title= ''Salvadora oleoides'' |volume=2021 |article-number= e.T164052709A164059400 |doi= 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T164052709A164059400.en |access-date=26 December 2022}}</ref> |genus = Salvadora (plant) |species = oleoides |authority = Decne.<ref>{{GRIN | accessdate=2010-08-21}}</ref> |synonyms_ref = <ref>{{cite web |url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:779346-1 |title= Salvadora oleoides Decne. |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=December 26, 2022}}</ref> |synonyms = ''Salvadora stocksii'' <small>Wight</small> }}
'''''Salvadora oleoides''''' is a small bushy evergreen tree found in India and Pakistan and southern Iran.[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:779346-1] Its common name is Vann or (Large) Toothbrush Tree.
The root and stem possess various antimicrobial agents and is traditionally used as toothbrush in Pakistan and India. [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3676702]
==Habitat== The vann is commonly found in and around Sandal Bar, and is reserved for use as grazing sources for local peasant villages. In addition, a number of trees have been preserved to provide shade for cattle.
==Wood== [[Image:Khabbar (Salvadora oleoides), Hodal (Faridabad, Haryana) I IMG 1194.jpg|thumb| tree at Hodal in Faridabad District of Haryana, India. ]] The vann is mostly non-woody and the small amount of wood that it has is soft, light, and not particularly useful for any of wood's normal uses, notably building and heat. When burnt, it leaves a large quantity of ash, which can then be boiled down into a substance for treating mange in camels.
== In literature == === Jal-tree === In the ''janamsakhis'' of Guru Nanak, he was found laying under a jal-tree whose shadow remained stationary to protect him from the sun. Macauliffe identifies this tree as ''Salvadora oleoides''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Macauliffe |first1=Max Arthur |title=The Sikh Religion, its gurus, sacred writings and authors |date=1909 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |page=19}}</ref>
==See also== * "Pilu"[https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3676702] is a Proto Dravidian word named after tooth word "Pal" for indicating tooth word *[https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3676702 Pīlu] - Mentioned in Mahābhārata. * Salvadora persica—Toothbrush tree, peelu, or siwak
==References== {{Wikispecies|Salvadora oleoides|''Salvadora oleoides''}} {{Commons category|Salvadora oleoides|''Salvadora oleoides''}} {{Reflist}} * RN Kaul (1963): Need for afforestation in the arid zones of India, LA-YAARAN, Vol 13 * RC Ghosh (1977): Hand book on afforestation techniques, Dehradun. * RK Gupta & Ishwar Prakasah (1975): Environmental analysis of the Thar Desert, Dehradun.
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Category:Salvadoraceae Category:Flora of India (region) Category:Flora of Pakistan Category:Flora of Iran Category:Taxa named by Joseph Decaisne