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Family: Papilionaceae	Genus: Alhagi	Species: Alhagi maurorum Medik.( जवासा )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Alhagi camelorum DC., Alhagi camelorum Fisch., Hedysarum alhagi Linn.	Flower Color	Red - Pink
Common Name	Camel thorn, Dhanvayasa	Flower Type	Solitary
English / Trade Name	Camelsthorn, Caspian manna	Flowering Period	July-Sept
Vernacular /Local Name	Jawasa	Fruiting Period	Oct-Dec
Altitude	Up to 1000m	Fruit Type	Pod
Habit	Shrub	Fruit Details	Small legume pods, which are brown or reddish and constricted between the seeds. The seeds are mottled brown beans.
Habitat	Noxious weed, with wide soil tolerance, thriving on saline, sandy, rocky, and dry soils.	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Temperate and tropical Eurasia	Bark Details	Bark gray-green thicket with long spines along the branches.
Distribution in Haryana	Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Panipat, Rohtak	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Compound
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Ovate
Description of Species	Tree up to 20 feet from the parent plant. Bark gray-green thicket with long spines along the branches. Leaves alternately arranged, grayish green, smooth (entire) margins. oval to lance-shaped. Flower solitary, small, bright pink to maroon pea. Fruit a pod, brown or reddish and constricted between the seeds. Seeds mottled brown.	Leaf Details	Leaves alternately arranged, grayish green, smooth (entire) margins. oval to lance-shaped.

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