🌿 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡 — 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐊𝐢𝐭 Long before toothbrushes and toothpaste lined supermarket shelves, the Maasai people had already discovered a natural, sustainable way to keep their teeth clean — the toothbrush tree, scientifically known as Salvadora persica. In this video, Porini Spotter Guide Thomason tells us more. Often called the African toothbrush, this small evergreen tree grows in dry savannah regions — including the con