Salvadoraceae

Salvadora oleoides, Illustration

The Salvadoraceae are a plant family in the order of Kreuzblütlerartigen ( Brassicales ).

Dissemination

They usually occur in dry climates. There are areas in Africa (including Madagascar), the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and the western Malay Archipelago.

Description

There are shrubs with very small, simple foliage leaves or small trees with opposite, very leathery, simple leaves. Stipules are only rudimentary. There are xerophytes. Few species climb.

The plants may be single-or dioecious. The flowers may be unisexual or hermaphrodite. The most fourfold flowers are small. The sepals ( sepals ) are fused. The petals ( petals ) are free. There are either one or two fertile stamen circles, each with usually four (rarely five) stamens. Two carpels are fused into a superior ovaries. The fleshy fruits are berries or stone fruits, they are usually one seed.

Use

Glucosinolates are present. The type Azima tetracantha contains piperidine alkaloids ( Azimin, Azcarpin, Carpain ), flavonoids and various glycosides. It is food and medicinal plant in Africa, Madagascar and India, where it is used in toothache and it has anti-inflammatory properties. Also the Arakbaum ( Salvadora persica ) finds extensive use in oral hygiene, such as in the Middle East, where he is known among the rural population as miswak ( " Kaustock ").

System

In the family of Salvadoraceae are three genera with eleven ( or twelve ) species:

• Azima Lam.; with about four species; they come from South Africa to Hainan, the Philippines and the Lesser Sunda Islands ago
• Dobera Juss. Using two types; they come in tropical East Africa and southern Arabia to the north of the West Indies before
• Salvadora L.: With five species found from Africa to the tropical Asia, including: Salvadora oleoides Decne.
• Toothbrush tree ( Salvadora persica L.).

Swell

• The Salvadoraceae family in APWebsite (English )
• Description of the family of Salvadoraceae at DELTA. (English )
• Hua Peng & Michael G. Gilbert: description and identification key of Chinese taxa in the Flora of China. (English )
• David John Mabberley: Mabberley 's Plant -Book. A portable dictionary of plants, Their classification and uses. 3rd ed Cambridge University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-521-82071-4