India (Rajasthan): the bark of this tree was eaten during the severe famines of1899 and 1939. The bark was stripped off, dried, and ground with any available coarse grain. (Shankar reports the bark ...

An infestation of Homoeocerus variabilis Dallas (Hemiptera: Coreidae) on khejri, Prosopis cineraria, was first noticed in 2010 at the Experimental Farm of Central Institute for Arid Horticulture and ...

It’s in April every year that one expects to see the khejri (prosopis cineraria) tree, the lifeline of the desert, bearing fruit. JAIPUR: It’s in April every year that one expects to see the khejri ...

The Green India Challenge (GIC) has launched a state-wide initiative to promote the planting of Jammi (Prosopis cineraria) trees across Telangana, with the vision of ensuring the sacred tree finds a ...

An endangered species of a local plant will get a new life with conservation initiative launched by the Ministry of Municipality and Environment. Prosopis cineraria, commonly known as the ‘ghaf’ tree, ...

When we travel through the desert or foothills in the UAE, we often come across umbrella-shaped evergreen trees with solid trunks supporting a thick foliage on the crown. The shape of these ghaf ...

-- A study finds that mechanically uprooting invasive Prosopis juliflora trees that have taken over the native Banni grassland of Gujarat helped restore native plant diversity. -- But lopping, ...