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Persian mesquite or ghaf or khejri
Prosopis cineraria
About
Prosopis cineraria, also known as Persian mesquite or ghaf or khejri, is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae. It is native to arid portions of Western Asia and the Indian subcontinent, including Afghanistan, Bahrain, Iran, India, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Its leaves are bipinnate. It can survive extreme drought. It is an established introduced species in parts of Southeast Asia, including Indonesia.
- Family
- Fabaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
Full detailsevery field on the record, to copy
- Name
- Prosopis cineraria
- Slug
- prosopis-cineraria
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Prosopis
- Species
- cineraria
- Wikidata QID
- Q1136117
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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