sal-va-DOR-a -- named for an apothecary of Barcelona, Jaime Salvador y Pedrol ... Dave's Botanary • Wikipedia
oh-lee-OY-deez -- resembling olea (classical Latin name for olive) ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: large toothbrush tree • Arabic: أراك زيتوني arak zaytuni • Gujarati: મીઠીજાર mithijar, મોટી પીલુ moti pilu • Hindi: बड़ा पीलू bada pilu • Kachchhi: મિઠેપીલુજો ઝાર mithepilujo jhar, મિઠી જાર mithi jar • Marathi: गोडपिलु god-pilu, किंकानेला kinkanela • Nepali: सानो दाँते ओखर saano daante okhar • Persian: توچ tvach • Punjabi: ਜਾਲ jaal, ਵਣ wan • Rajasthani: मीठी जाल mithi jaal, पीलू pilu • Sanskrit: पीलु pilu • Sindhi: کبڙ khabbar, ساڏُئيِن ڄار saaduiein jari, ساڏوئيِ saadwaii • Tamil: பெருகளர்வா peru-kalarva • Telugu: జలచెట్టు jalachettu
botanical names: Salvadora oleoides Decne. ... heterotypic synonyms: Salvadora stocksii Wight ... POWO, retrieved 30 July 2024
Bibliography / etymology
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
large toothbrush tree
- Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
~~~~~ ARABIC ~~~~~
written in: Arabic (عَرَبِيّ) ... spoken in: various states of India ... Wikipedia
أراك زيتوني arak zaytuni
- ويكيبيديا - الموسوعة الحرة ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
મીઠીજાર mithijar
- વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)
- or મીઠી જાળ mithi jal ... Gujarati Lexicon - the most comprehensive Gujarati language resource
મોટી પીલુ moti pilu
- વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
बड़ा पीलू bada pilu
- Flowers of India, retrieved July 30, 2024
- or simply पीलू pilu ... विकिपीडिया - एक मुक्त ज्ञानकोश - मध्य प्रदेश के पेड़-पौधे
~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (કચ્છી), Sindhi (ڪڇّي) ... spoken in: Kutch region of Gujarat
મિઠેપીલુજો ઝાર mithepilujo jhar, મિઠી જાર mithi jar
- PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
गोडपिलु god-pilu
- PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926
किंकानेला kinkanela
- विकासपीडिया - ज्ञानाचा पोर्टल - भारताच्या विकासाचे प्रवेशद्वार उपक्रम (powered by MEIT & C-DAC)
- मराठी विश्वकोश - महाराष्ट्र राज्य मराठी विश्वकोश निर्मिती मंडळ
- किंकणेल kinkanel = oil expressed from the fruit of the पिलु tree ... A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas)
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim
सानो दाँते ओखर saano daante okhar
- Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... efloraofindia
~~~~~ PERSIAN ~~~~~
written in: Farsi (فارسی) ... almost a defunct language; spoken in: West Bengal, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Bihar
توچ tvach
- ویکیپدیا - دانشنامهٔ آزاد ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~
written in: Gurmukhi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: Punjab
ਜਾਲ jaal, ਵਣ wan
- The Panjabi dictionary. Bhai Maya Singh
~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (राजस्थानी) ... spoken in: Rajasthan
मीठी जाल mithi jaal
- Charan, P. & Sharma, K. (2016). FLORAL DIVERSITY OF THAR DESERT OF WESTERN RAJASTHAN, INDIA.
- or simply जाल jaal ... Rajasthan Government - Forest Department
पीलू pilu
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars
पीलु pilu
- FRLHT & NMPB - Indian Medicinal Plants Database
~~~~~ SINDHI ~~~~~
written in: Perso-Arabic (سِنڌِي), Devanagari (सिन्धी) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan
کبڙ khabbar
- وڪيپيڊيا - هِڪُ کُليل ڄاڻَ چِيڪلو - Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
ساڏُئيِن ڄار saaduiein jari, ساڏوئيِ saadwaii
- A Sindhi-English dictionary by Parmanand Mewaram
- the Roman transliteration needs validation
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
பெருகளர்வா peru-kalarva
- Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry
జలచెట్టు jalachettu
- వికీపీడియా - స్వేచ్ఛా విజ్ఞాన సర్వస్వమ ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh
- Arora, Manan & Siddiqui, Anees & Paliwal, Sanst & Sood, P.. (2014). A phyto-pharmacological overview on Salvadora oleoides Decne. Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources. 5. 209-214.
- D.N. Parmar and N.K. Patel - Unnoticeble Sacred Plants Salvadora in North Gujarat (India) J. Env. Bio-Sci., Vol. 24 (2): 209-212, 2010
- Tanveer A. Khan, D. N. Undirwade. Salvadora alii Rajput & Syeda (Salvadoraceae): A new distributional records for Maharashtra State, Species, 2020, 21(67), 161-163
- Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 19.4; last update June 30th, 2024. Last accessed 30/07/2024.
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