Prosopis Cineraria, Shami, Sami – Plant

Planting and care

• Khejri Tree is a small moderate sized evergreen thorny tree, with slender branches armed with conical thorns and with light bluish-green foliage.
• The leaflets are dark green, and have a tiny point. The tree is evergreen or nearly so.
• It produces new flush leaves before summer.
• flowers are small in size and yellow or creamy white in colour, appear from March to May after the new flush of leaves.

This tree is a legume and it improves soil fertility. It is an important constituent of the vegetation system.Caring for Prosopis Cineraria

• It is well adapted to the arid conditions and stands well to the adverse vagaries of climate and browsing by animals. Camels and goats readily browse it.
• In areas open to goat browsing, the young plants assume cauliflower shaped bushy appearance.

Typical uses of Prosopis Cineraria

Special features: An evergreen thorny tree which can grow in very harsh climate & in poor soil, well adapted to the arid conditions and also stands well to the browsing by animals.
Khejri withstands hot winds & dry seasons and exhibits considerable drought hardiness. The tree reproduces freely by root suckers and establishes well from seeds too. The seeds should be soaked for 24 hours before plantation

Culinary use: leaves

Ornamental use: Can be used for ornamental purpose

Medicinal use:

• Prosopis Cineraria plant produces gum, which is obtained during May and June.
• The bark of the tree is dry, acrid, bitter with a sharp taste; cooling anthelmintic; tonic, cures leprosy, dysentery, bronchitis, asthma, leukoderma, hemorrhoids and muscle tremors.
• The smoke of the leaves is good for eye troubles.