Fabaceae
Jand
Prosopis cineraria
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Prosopis
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Common names
By language (19)
- Arabic
- غاف رمادي, غاف
- arz
- غاف رمادى
- Bangla
- শমী
- Chinese
- 波斯牧豆樹
- English
- Jand, Ghaf
- Gujarati
- ખીજડો, શમડી, શમી
- Hebrew
- ינבוט מאפיר
- Hindi
- खेजड़ी, मींझर, शमी
- Italian
- Ghaf
- Kannada
- ಬನ್ನಿ
- lah
- جنڈ
- Malayalam
- വന്നി
- Marathi
- शमी
- Odia
- ଶମୀ
- Persian
- پرسپیس سینراریا
- Punjabi
- ਜੰਡ
- Sindhi
- ڪنڊي
- Tamil
- வன்னி, வன்னி மரம்
- Telugu
- జమ్మి చెట్టు, జమ్మిచెట్టు
Synonyms
- Acacia cineraria (L.) Willd.
- Adenanthera aculeata Roxb.
- Adenanthera aculeata (J.Koenig ex Roxb.) W.Hunter
- Mimosa cineraria L.
- Mimosa cineraria L.
- Mimosa cinerea L.
- Prosopis aculeata J.Koenig ex Roxb.
- Prosopis spicata Burm.
- Prosopis spicata Burm.f.
- Prosopis spicigera L.
Photos
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.