Salvadora persica Piluh Goni | Dava Bazaar in India

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Salvadora persica

Scientific Name and Description

Salvadora persica L.

Herb Family

Salvadoraceae

Plant type

Tree

Plant Synonyms

Cissus arborea Forssk.
Embelia grossularia Retz.
Galenia asiatica Burm.f.
Lauridia multiflora Engl.
Rivina paniculata L.
Salvadora crassinervia Hochst. ex T.Anderson
Salvadora paniculata Zucc.
Salvadora wightii Arn.

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

English	Mustard tree, tooth-brush tree
Hindi	Chhota pilu, Kharjal,badapilu, chhota-pilu, chhotapilu, chota-pilu, dhalu, jal, jhai, jhak, kharjal, mitha jal, mithi-jal, mithi-pilu, pilu
Sanskrit	Pilu,brihatpilu, gauli, gudaphala, langhupilu, madhupilu, mahaphala, mahapilu, mahavriksha, pilu, piluh, piluka, rajapilu, sramsi, tiksna- vrksatphalani, tiksnataru, tiksnavrksa
Rajasthan Region	Pilu, Khal0 jhal
Kannada	geya, goni, goni mara, goni-mara, gonimara, kankhina, kareegoni, kari goni mara, kireegoni, kirgonji, kiri gonee mara, kirigoni mara, koyya, kunni
Malayalam	uka
Marathi	khakheen, khakhin, kickin, kickni, meeraj, meerajoli, miraj, mirajoli, peelu, pelu, pilu, rhakhan, thorapeelu
Tamil	aranmakapicam, aranmakapicamaram, cakantititam, cakuntititam, camarankari, camaratam, cankiciyam, cevvuka, chirukalarva, ciru kalarva, cittuva, cittuvila, cumirtam, irattakampilucaramakki, irattaputpam,kakavallapam, kalarva, kalarva,kallivira, kantacakikam, kantacakikamaram, kargol, kargoli, karkol, kodumaavali, kotumavali, kunni, nettuka, nettukamaram, nilavukay,ooghai puttay, opa, pancatipika, paviyam, perungoli, piravalapalam, rokacamani, shiru-kalarva, sittuvila, surugalarva, tanuka, tanukamaram, tanukonam, titcanapalai,titcanapalaimaram, uba, uga, ughaiputtai, uka, ukai, ukamaram, ukattekku, ukaver, upa, uvay,, velvigai, vikkinapalam, virutcanam
Telugu	bhaara gaangu, chekkera-chettu, chinna-varagogu, chinnavaragogu, ghooria, ghunia, gogu, gone, gonia, goniya, gonni, gunia, kaarugogu, karugogu, pedda gogu, peddavara goki, peddavaragogu, peddavaragoki, peddavarajuvenki, peddawaragowenki, peddawaraguwenki, pennavaragogu, pinna-vera-gogu, pinnavaragogu, thuraka gogu, varagogu, varagoja, varagoki, varagu, veragogu, wara gogu, waragogu, waraguwenki, warangu-wenki
Common name	toothbrush tree

Plants Medicinal Value

Medicinal Systems

Ayurved

Unani

Siddha

Folk

Pharmacological profile

Phytochemicals

Benzyl Isothiocyanate

Herb usable parts

Roots

Stem

Bark

Leaves

Flowers

Fruits

Seeds

Oil

Ethanomedical Uses

Ethnopharmacology use

Root decoction cures gonorrhoea and vesicle catarrh.
Paste of root, bark and leaves is also applied on blisters.
Decoction of leaves is used in asthma, cough and constipation problem.
Leaves paste and seed oil applied externally cures rheumatism.
Young branches as toothbrushes cure the problem of toothache and gums.
Fruits are an antidote to the poison.
Fruit possess carminative, diuretic and stomachic properties and are used in biliousness and rbeumatism.
Seeds are purgative, diuretic and used as tonic.

Source: Medicinal Plants in the Indian Arid Zone, March 2005, Director Central Arid Zone Research Institute Jodhpur 342 003

Salvadora persica L. Shrub to small tree Fruit, root, bark, leaves, flower Snakebite; rheumatism; scurvy; fever; skin irritation; purgative; antitumor; cold; cough; body pain General Kosalge and Fursule 2009, Padma et al. 2016, Ragupathy and Newmaster 2009

Therapeutic Uses

The root contains steam-distillable oil, which has 90% Benzyl isothiocyanate, a compound responsible for decreasing dental caries and used in the preparation of Meswak toothpaste.
The chemical present in the plant can control gingivostomatitis, skin infection and conjunctiva.
The root bark is tonic, stimulant, emmenagogue. The stem bark is good for gastropathy.