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[[File:Prosopis cineraria Bra25Vanni maram branch.pngjpg|thumb|right|''Shami'', ''Prosopis cineraria'']]'''ShamiProsopis 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|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Cysts}}, {{Uses|Tumours}}, {{Uses|Cough}}, {{Uses|Bronchitis}}, {{Uses|Asthma}}, {{Uses|Piles}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}.<ref name="Uses"/>

{{Common names|kn=banni Banni mara, perumbePerumbe|ml=parambaParamba|sa=Shami, shiva, lakshmi ,mangalya, shankhuphala, Saktuphala, |ta=parambaiParambai, Vanni, kulivam, tamali|te=Jammi, priyadarshini, chameePriyadarshini|hi=khejri, sami, chonkarKhejri, jhandSami|en=Shami tree}}

{{Leaf|Bipinnate|alternateAlternate|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|Bisexual|spiciform 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 0.8Flowering season is March-1 mm long; pistilglabrous. May}}

{{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||Fruiting season is March-15, 8-10 x 7-9 mm, glossy, red|May}}

  ===Season to grow=== ===Soil type===  ===Propagationmaterial is seeds collected during May-June from plus trees.<ref name==="Cultivation details"/>

<ref name="Uses">[https://www.ayurvitewellness.com/3499/shami-prosopis-cineraria/ "Uses"]</ref> <ref name="Leaf">[http://FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2Kappatagudda - A Repertoire of Medicianal Plants of Gadag by Yashpal Kshirasagar and Sonal Vrishni, NPage No. Sasidharan "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]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>  

* [http://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/crop-production/package-of-practices/medicinal-and-aromatic-plants/prosopis-cinerariaProsopis cineraria on vikaspedia.in]* [http://www.worldagroforestry.org/treedb/AFTPDFS/Prosopis_cineraria.PDFProsopis cineraria on world agroforestry.org]* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Prosopis+cinerariaProsopis cineraria on the ferns info]