Prosopis cineraria

• Botanical Name : Prosopis cineraria (L) Druce
• Synonyms : Prosopis spicigera L.
• Common Name : Khijado
• Plant Family : Mimosaceae
• Plant Form : Tree
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 1, 3, 10, 17, 19, 30
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Ayurvedic Udyan, Basan

About Prosopis cineraria Plant :

• Habit : An armed small tree.
• Leaves : Bipinnate, pinnae 3-pairs, opposite, often with round insect-galls on their rachis. Leaflets 7-12 pairely, oblong, obliquely, rounded, mucronate at the apex.
• Inflorescence : Axillary spikes.
• Flowers :
  • Bracts small.
  • Calyx cup shaped, 5-toothed, corolla yellow, connate below, valvate.
  • Stamens 10, free, anthers crested with a deciduous gland.
  • Ovary sessile, ovules many, style filiform, stigma minute.
• Fruit : Pods turgid, straight, 10-15 seeded.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : December - March
• Significance :
  • The pods are an excellent fodder for camels and goats.
  • The tree is sacred to Hindus.