Salvadora oleoides
Uses
India (Rajasthan, Jaislamer district): sweet fruits dried and eaten. Believed to produce tingling, and small ulcers in mouth, when eaten fresh and one at a time. Therefore, they are eaten in handfuls; (Rajasthan, western): ripe fruit eaten raw.
Additional Information
- Name Authority:
- Decne.
- Vernaculars:
- Rajasthan (western), Jaisalmer (tree): Jal, Mithajal ; (fruit): Pillu. English: Grape of the Desert
- Misc:
- Soil type favored by tree: one report indicates arid, slightly saline soil; a second, medium to heavy saline soils of alluvial plains.
