India ’s largest state , Rajasthan , accounts for about 10 percent of the country ’s nation people . The inhospitable Thar Desert occupies northwestern Rajasthan where the turn experimental condition are punishing . The unrelenting sunlight scorch the landscape , limiting the scope of its botany . Very hardy trees are among the flora that can hold out the desert warmth and provide a variety show of benefits in various industry and for wildlife in the area .
Reunjha Tree
The reunjha Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree ( Acacia leucophloea ) is indigenous to India and mostly to south and southeasterly Asia . It has numerous common names , including white bark acacia , safed kikkar ( Hindi ) and safed babul ( Bengali ) .
This lofty and burry tree with a broad crest shaped like an umbrella , can attain heights of around 114 feet , but its proboscis is frequently curve .
As the name white bark acacia indicate , the barque of this tree is sluttish , commonly white to yellowish gray in its younger class . It turns calamitous , rough and less setaceous as it mature . Its leafage is feathery and its heyday are creamy white-livered , blooming around July to November .
Acacia leucophloea Tree can dwell to 100 geezerhood of eld . Although this tree diagram is stout and can survive in inhospitable condition , the termination is often a little tree or shrub . The white bark acacia ply nuance and fodder for livestock .
Besides India ’s desert farming , this tree raise in Sri Lanka , Bangladesh , Indonesia , Thailand and Vietnam .
Khejri Tree
The khejri tree ( Prosopis cineraria ) also usually call in jandi or ghaf , provided bark that made priming flour for intellectual nourishment during the Rajputana famine of 1868 to 1869 .
The barque of this tree has multiple habit in the manufacture of gravy boat frames as well as for the construction industry , and medicinally as a remedy for asthma , bronchitis , atrophic arthritis , dysentery and muscle spasms . It is also a source of fodder . The tree diagram ’s fruit , however , is uneatable .
This smallish , thorny evergreen tree has slim branches with blue - green leaves and yellow or cream colored flowers that bloom between March and May . It provides cannon fodder for camel , goats and other animals .
Prosopis cineraria produce to heights of around 20 feet , mostly at lower elevations , in India ’s West Rajasthan , Punjab , Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh , as well as in Pakistan , Afghanistan , Iran and Arabia .
Kanjho Tree
The kanjho or Indian elm tree tree ( Holoptelea integrifolia ) is a appendage of the Urticaceae family , and also goes by legion other local names . This turgid , deciduous Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree is native to most parts of India .
The barque of the tree is gray and scaly , with ovoid - ovate leaves and light-green yellow flowers that usually flower in January and February .
The tree diagram barque has a act of medicinal applications for rheumatism , enteric tumors , and maternity . Ringworm eczema and jaundice are two of the ailments for which the tree diagram ’s leaves provide solutions .
