Indian mesquite
ಬನ್ನಿमींझरவன்னி மரம்
Prosopis cineraria (L.) Druce
- light
- —
- water
- Little
- tall
- 4.0 m
- wide
- —
Fabaceae
Also called Khejri, Jand
Formerly Acacia cineraria, Adenanthera aculeata, Mimosa cineraria, Mimosa cinerea, and 3 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Desert or dry shrublandKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Arabian Pen., SW. & S. Iran to IndiaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 3.0 m to 5.0 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- Cream, yellowRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Arabic
- ghaf
- Chinese (China)
- 牧豆树
- Chinese
- 牧豆樹
- Hebrew
- ינבוט מאפיר
- root
- ખીજડો
- French
- Khejri
- Gujarati
- ખીજડો
- Hindi
- मींझर, शमी, खेजड़ी
- Tamil
- வன்னி மரம், வன்னி
- Telugu
- జమ్మిచెట్టు, జమ్మి చెట్టు
- Kannada
- ಬನ್ನಿ
- Marathi
- शमी
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Prosopis cineraria (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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