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[[File:Vanni maram branch.jpg|thumb|right|''Shami'', ''Prosopis cineraria'']]'''Prosopis cineraria''' is a moderate sized throny tree with bipinnate leaves distributed from Iran to India. Within India, it is found in the dry and arid regions on the alluvial plains.==Uses=={{stubUses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Cysts}}, {{Uses|Tumours}}, {{Uses|Cough}}, {{Uses|Bronchitis}}, {{Uses|Asthma}}, {{Uses|Piles}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}.<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Bark}}, {{Parts Used|Fruits}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=Banni mara, Perumbe|ml=Paramba|sa=Shami|ta=Parambai, Vanni|te=Jammi, Priyadarshini|hi=Khejri, Sami|en=Shami tree}}
<ref name="Common names"/>
==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.}}<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. Flowering season is March-May}}
===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.|||Fruiting season is March-May}}
===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==
Propagation material is seeds collected during May-June from plus trees.<ref name="Cultivation details"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Khejri.jpg
File:Vanni maram branch.jpg|Leaves
File:Prosopis cineraria(L.)Druce.jpg|Flowers
File:Khejti Pod.jpg|Pods
File:1-IMG 0117 03.JPG|Pods
File:1-IMG 0117 01.JPG|Flowers
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://www.ayurvitewellness.com/3499/shami-prosopis-cineraria/ Uses]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">Kappatagudda - A Repertoire of Medicianal Plants of Gadag by Yashpal Kshirasagar and Sonal Vrishni, Page No. 318</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search Vernacular names]</ref>
<ref name="Cultivation details">[http://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/crop-production/package-of-practices/medicinal-and-aromatic-plants/prosopis-cineraria Cultivation details]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/crop-production/package-of-practices/medicinal-and-aromatic-plants/prosopis-cineraria Prosopis cineraria on vikaspedia.in]
* [http://www.worldagroforestry.org/treedb/AFTPDFS/Prosopis_cineraria.PDF Prosopis cineraria on world agroforestry.org]
* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Prosopis+cineraria Prosopis cineraria on the ferns info]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Fabaceae]]
[[Category:Ayurvedic herbs that don't have seed photos]]
