Toothbrush Tree
- Author
- Meredith Hemphill
- Published
- Fri 21 Mar 2025
- Episode Link
- https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/meredith-hemphill/episodes/Toothbrush-Tree-e30gfue
I would like to introduce you to a tree that you can eat, brush your teeth with, and also use to make nanoparticles.
Music by James Milor from Pixabay
Information provided by:
- Islam Today: A Short Introduction to the Muslim World by Akbar S. Ahmed (1999)
- Salvadora persica L. Toothbrush Tree with health benefits and industrial applications: An updated evidence-based review by Mohamed Farag, et al. (2021). Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 29(7), pg. 751-763. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsps.2021.05.007
- Desert Plants of Egypt’s Wadi El Gemal National Park by Tamer Mahmoud (2010)
- https://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Salvadora+persica
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvadora_persica
