The Islamic Botanical Garden features 50 plants mentioned in the Holy Quran including tamarisk, Christ's thorn, palms, Punica granatum (pomegranates), grapes, figs, olives, basil, eucalyptus, ginger, Acacia tortilis, Buxus dioicaC[degrees],
Salvadora persica and Lawsonia inermis.
Among the plants are tamarisk, Christ's thorn, palms, Punica granatum (pomegranates), grapes, figs, olives, basil, eucalyptus, ginger, Acacia tortilis, Buxus dioica,
Salvadora persica and Lawsonia inermis.
HOW: Twigs from the neem (margosa, Azadirachta indica), miswak (
Salvadora persica) and babool (gum acacia) trees are available in the market or can be bought online.
Although chew sticks can be made from many commonly occurring plants, such as olive trees, Miswak is most generally associated with the
Salvadora persica tree, commonly known as 'arak' in Arabic.
A review on phytochemical and pharmacological investigations of Miswak (
Salvadora persica Linn) J Pharm Bioallied Sci.
Numerous medicinal plants grow naturally in Karachi vicinity and
Salvadora persica and Solanum surattense are two of them.
Another very similar work was conducted by Al Sieni (2013) while performing antimicrobial activity of
Salvadora persica (miswak) and Commiphor agileadensis and confirmed that methanolic extract was more effective as compared to water extracts.
The miswak is a teeth cleaning twig made from a twig of the
Salvadora persica tree, also known as the arak tree (or peelu tree.).
In Saudi Arabia, the use of sticks or twigs from the
Salvadora persica trees, known as arak in Arabic, are common.
Salvadora persica is one of the commonly used plants in Islamic countries.The root extracts of S.
Miswak is the common name of
Salvadora persica Linn, belongs to the family Salvadoracea [7].