| 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.
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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.
Salvadora is native to the hottest, dryest areas of the Middle East.
It was named by Laurent Garcin in honour of Spanish botanist Juan Salvador y Bosca