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==Uses==,
{{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Cysts and tumours}}, {{Uses|Cough}}, {{Uses|Bronchitis and Asthma}}, {{Uses|Piles}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}
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==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Bark}}, {{Parts Used|Fruits}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=banni mara, perumbe|ml=paramba|sa=Shami, shiva, lakshmi ,mangalya, shankhuphala, Saktuphala, |ta=parambai, Vanni, kulivam, tamali|te=Jammi, priyadarshini, chamee|hi=khejri, sami, chonkar, jhand|en=Shami tree}}
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==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Kashaya (AStringent), Madhura (Sweet)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light), Rooksha (Dry)
===Veerya===
Sheeta (cold)
===Vipaka===
Katu (Pungent)
===Karma===
Pitta, Kapha
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Bipinnate|alternate|Leaves 1-3-jugate, glabrous or puberulous; petiole and rachis 0.5-4 cm long, the pinnae 2-7 cm long; leaflets 7-14-jugate, ovate, straight to subfalcate, without nerves (or 2-4-nerved at base, the midrib excentric), mucronate, 4-15 mm long x 2-4.5 mm broad, greyish when dry; stipules foliaceous, deciduous. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|spiciform racemes|Pale yellow|| 5-13 cm long, several together, subpaniculate; peduncle with amplexicaul bract (or 2 bracts united), this caducous and leaving an oblique scar, 1.5-2 mm long; bractlets ovate, sessile, 0.5-0.8 mm long, caducous; pedicels 0.5 mm, to 1.5 mm long when mature; flowers yellow, glabrous; calyx truncate, 0.8-1.2 mm long; corolla 3.5 mm long, glabrous, the petals rolled back in age; anthers 0.8-1 mm long; pistil
glabrous. }}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A Pod|8 - 9 cm long|Fruit slender, elongate, 8-19 cm long (including the stipe 0.8-2 cm), subcylindric-torulose, 4-7 mm in diameter, glabrous; pericarp thin, brittle; endocarp segments thin, longitudinal, little developed; seeds distant, longitudinal, ovate, 6 mm long, the tegument with open horse-shoe fissural line on faces, 10-15 in a pod, brown.|seeds 6-15, 8-10 x 7-9 mm, glossy, red|}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}.
==Photo Gallery==
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File:Khejri.jpg
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==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">https://www.ayurvitewellness.com/3499/shami-prosopis-cineraria/ "Uses"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* http://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/crop-production/package-of-practices/medicinal-and-aromatic-plants/prosopis-cineraria
* http://www.worldagroforestry.org/treedb/AFTPDFS/Prosopis_cineraria.PDF
* http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Prosopis+cineraria
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Trees]]
