• Family : FABACEAE
  (PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
• Subfamily : Mimosoideae
• Species : Prosopis juliflora
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC.
• Common name : The Mesquite
• Vernacular name : Vilayati Kikkar, Vilayati khejra (Hin.); Bellary Jali (Kan.); Vaelikkaruvai (Tam.); Seemai parambai, Sarcar thumma (Tel.)
• Key identification features : A moderate-sized tree, armed with scattered prickles. Branches with stipular spines. Leaves are glabrous with oblong, small, unequal-sided leaflets, often with galls. Flowers are small in long catkins and with an yellow petals. Pods are turgid, slightly curved, slender and pale brown.
• Habit : Tree
• Flower, Fruit : October-May
• Native : Tropical America
• Comments : In plains, sometimes gregarious in wastelands. Grows on chromite overburdened dumps. Also planted for land reclamation. Ever-increasing source of fuel for local people and for agricultural implements.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
• World Distribution : Tropical America; Naturalized in Tropics of the World
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Prosopis juliflora. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.

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