PEELU

    Peelu - Salvadora Persica, Toothbrush tree, Mustard tree, Salt brush, Chhota peelu, JalMeettha /  kauri jal, dhalu

                                                                       Peelu Tree

                                                                    Peelu. Miswak. Tooth brush tree

                                                  Branches of Toothbrush Tree

                                                   Tooth Brush Tree

PEELU. Salvadora persica : Native Delhi tree of great character with wonderfully gnarled trunks and dark foliage arranged on long drooping branches. A quintessential desert tree

Delhi golf course is sanctuary for hundreds of Peelu trees. Peelu flowers are stalked and its fruits are pink or red when ripe. A characteristic tree of hot, arid parts of India., but  only where water is available, such as stream banks and marshes. It shows a mark  tolerance for clayey and saline soil. Tree is chiefly known for the chewing sticks which are made from its twigs, which are believed to prevent tooth decay and disease of the gums. It is believed that termites will not attack it.  Because of its special tolerance, the tree is often  used to reclaim saline lands and is planted as a shelterbelt tree to arrest marching sand dunes. Flowers ; Peelu flowers are stalked. Leaves : nearly evergreen.  Fruit : Tiny rounded single seeded pink to red in colors, they are sweet. Bark : Pale brown or grey, irregular warty and rough but not deeply fissured. 

DABAR

The Dabar or flood prone land  is a low lying bayou or catchment extending through much of the territory west of the ridge and south west of the city. In the years of heavy rainfall, this entire basin would become a fetid shallow lake for some months. In many places, the soil was ruined by salpettre rising from the water logged soil. Dabar land was notoriously unproductive and carried little commercial value. In 1911 planners have to give up the idea of sitting the new imperial capital north of the walled city because it was prone to  becoming an unhealthy swamp every year.

The trees most often associated with Dabar tracts, specially those affected by salinity are the peelu, Jhau, wild date palm and babool. But flooding and waterlogging are no longer issue today. The low lying character of the Dabar has changed, and in the years since Independence, an industrial belt of the city has  spread over most of this area, so the natural  character of the land is hardly apparent any more.

https://natureloversindia123.blogspot.com/2022/07/peelu.html

......