IUCN Status
: Not Applicable
Author: Ankit jangir
Explorer and field botanist.
- Persian mesquite, Khejri, Chhonkara, jammi, Shami, Janti, Jant, keliyo
- Adenanthera aculeata Roxb., Mimosa cineraria L., Prosopis spicigera L., Prosopis spicata Burm.
- Fatehpur shekhawati, sikar, Rajasthan.
- Naturally grown
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P. cineraria is almost evergreen, medium to large size tree, ranging in height from 3-10m. The leaves are bipinnately compound and petiolated, the leaflets are glabrous, green in color, becomes grey when dry. inflorescence is racemose, bearing many small, yellow-green flowers. The fruit is an elongate, subcylindrical pods, pods contains 10-25 oval-shaped and brown-colored seeds. There may be considerable variation in growth rates, pod size and composition.
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Prosopis cineraria (L.) Druce
immature pod
greenish immature pods used as vegetable which is known as "๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ถ". -
Prosopis cineraria (L.) Druce
mature pods
dry and mature fruit/pod which is known as "๐ธ๐ต๐ผ๐ธ๐ต๐ฎ" edible for animals and human beings also feed them. -
Prosopis cineraria (L.) Druce
distribution of Prosopis cineraria in arid region( dominant species).
Prosopis cineraria which is known as ๐ธ๐ฎ๐น๐ฝ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ธ๐๐ต ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, a major/important tree of thar desert, distributed throughout the desert area of Rajasthan and nearby states. khejri is a very slow growing tree, which is reproduced by root suckers and by means of seeds, which are remains viable during decads.
Very informative ๐