Prosopis cineraria

Prosopis cineraria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Prosopis
Species: P. cineraria
Binomial name
Prosopis cineraria
(L.) Druce
Synonyms

Mimosa cineraria L.
Prosopis spicigera L.[1]

Prosopis cineraria is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to arid portions of Western and South Asia,[1] such as the Arabian[2] and Thar Deserts.[3] Common names include Ghaf (Arabic),[1] Khejri, Jant/Janti, Sangri (Rajasthan), Jand (Punjabi), Kandi (Sindh), Banni (Kannada), Vanni (Tamil), Sami, Shami (Hindi), Sumri (Gujarat). It is the state tree of Rajasthan(India) and provincial tree of the Sindh province of Pakistan.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Prosopis cineraria (L.) Druce". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-01-27. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?29749. Retrieved 2009-12-31. 
  2. ^ "Arabian Desert and East Sahero-Arabian xeric shrublands (PA1303)". WWF Full Reports. World Wide Fund for Nature. http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/pa/pa1303_full.html. Retrieved 2009-12-31. 
  3. ^ "Thar desert (IM1304)". WWF Full Reports. World Wide Fund for Nature. http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/im/im1304_full.html. Retrieved 2009-12-31. 

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