most botanists and bible scholars believe that the "eshel" tree planted by abraham in the book of genesis, was "tamarix aphylla", the 'father of taxonomy' carl linnaeus wrote that its name was derived from the ancient greek " 'a' " "without", and " 'phyllon' " "leaf". in urdu and hindi this tree is called "farash" (فراش). while in punjabi it is called "kooan" (کواں). in baluchi it is called shakargaaz or siahgaaz