Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Mimosaceae | Genus: Prosopis | Species: Prosopis cineraria (Linn.) Druce |
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| Synonym | Prosopis spicata Burm., Prosopis spicigera Linn. | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Jhand | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Khejri , Loong Tree | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Jhand | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up to 1000 m | Fruit Type | Pod |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Pods 12.5-25 cm long, c. 5-8 mm broad, slender, pendulous, cylindric, turgid, exocarp coriaceous, mesocarp pulpy, endocarp papery. Seeds 10-15, oblong, compressed. |
| Habitat | It is well adapted to the arid conditions and stands well to the adverse vagaries of climate and browsing by animals. | Bark Type | Fissured |
| Distribution | West Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Persia,Arabia. | Bark Details | Bark grey, fissured |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Bi-pinnate | ||
| Description of Species | A large shrub or a medium sized tree up to 10 m tall, branches prickly, prickles curved, compressed. Leaves alternate, bipinnate, rachis 1.2-5 cm long; pinnae 1-2 pairs, leaflets 7-12 pairs, more or less sessile, oblong, oblique, apex usually mucronate, base rounded, 3 nerved. Flowers creamy white in pedunculate spikes, Calyx cup-shaped, truncate or obscurely 5 toothed. Petals oblong, tips recurved. Stamens 10, free, shortly exserted, anthers tipped with deciduous glands. Pods slender, pendulous, cylindric, turgid, exocarp coriaceous, mesocarp pulpy, endocarp papery. Seeds 10-15, oblong, compressed. | Leaf Details | Leaves alternate, bipinnate, pinnae 1-2 pairs, leaflets 7-12 pairs, more or less sessile, oblong, oblique, apex usually mucronate, base rounded, 3 nerved |
