Salvadora
Salvadora persica
Scientific classification
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.

Contents 1 Description 2 Distribution and habitat 3 Taxonomy 4 References

[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.