Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Salvadoraceae | Genus: Salvadora | Species: Salvadora oleoides Decne. |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Flower Color | Greenish | |
| Common Name | Bada Peelu | Flower Type | Panicle |
| English / Trade Name | Flowering Period | Jan-March | |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Pilu, Jaal | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | Upto 1800m | Fruit Type | Berry |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Fruits, fleshy berries about 1 cm in diameter, becoming red-scarlet when ripe. Each contains a single seed. |
| Habitat | Dry Evergreen to Dry Deciduous Forests, also thorny scrub or grassland, along river banks or on seasonal floodplains; also along the coast. | Bark Type | Fissured |
| Distribution | Native to the Arabian Peninsula, Africa, western Asia, the Middle East, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. | Bark Details | Its bark is scabrous and cracked, whitish with pendulous extremities. |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Oblong | ||
| Description of Species | Shrub or small tree, reaching up to 7 m tall, with many drooping branches. Leaves rounded to ovate, slightly fleshy, arranged in opposite pairs. Flowers small, greenish, arranged in loose panicles up to 30 cm long. Fruits, fleshy berries becoming red-scarlet when ripe. Each contains a single seed. | Leaf Details | Leaves are rounded to ovate, slightly fleshy, arranged in opposite pairs. |
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