Prosopis cineraria
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| Prosopis cineraria | |
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| 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 |
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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.
[edit] References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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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