Prosopis cineraria Khejri Khejra, Sami, Shami 100 seeds

Description

December 21, 2020'
Prosopis cineraria is a small to moderate-sized tree, evergreen or nearly so, with light foliage and rather slender branches armed with conical spines, found in the dry and arid regions of India. This plant attains a height of 3-5 m.  It does not ordinarily exceed a height of 12m and a girth of 1.2m, the maximum recorded being 18m and 5.4m, respectively.  Bark grey, rough, exfoliating in thin flakes; leaves bipinnate, usually with 2 pairs of pinnae; pinnules 7-12 pairs; flowers small, yellowish, in slender spikes; pods 10-25cm x 5-10mm, cylindric, torulose or flattish with coriaceous exocarp; seeds 10-15 in a pod, oblong, compressed, with moderately hard, brown testa.
A small, largely evergreen desert tree with finely pinnate foliage and small, yellowish flowers, native to dry regions from the Arabian Peninsula to India. It will grow in drier regions than most trees and can take saline and alkaline conditions. The seeds should be soaked for 24 hours before planting.