Family: Mimosaceae (Touch-me-not family)
Brief Details: Khejri Tree is a small moderate sized evergreen thorny tree, with slender branches armed with conical thorns and with light bluish-green foliage. The flowers are small in size and yellow or creamy white in colour, appear from March to May after the new flush of leaves. The pods are formed soon thereafter and grow rapidly in size attaining full size in about two months time. It is well adapted to the arid conditions and stands well to the adverse vagaries of climate and browsing by animals.