An unwanted guest from California/Arizona?

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Prospis juliflora or as they called it "keeker’ in Sindh was introduced in Sindh by an English botanist in 1877. These shrubs/trees are native of Californa and Arizona. Today this is the major contributor of Sindh and Eastern Balouchistan’s flora. Some people have found it as far as in Northern Punjab.

The local vegetation has been badly suffered from this specially the trees of Acacia India (babbur or babool).

The roots of PJ goes deep down in the soil and it is very hard to remove it.

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Re: An unwanted guest from California/Arizona?

ok thnks 4 the info

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Re: An unwanted guest from California/Arizona?

Prosopis juliflora or keekar

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Re: An unwanted guest from California/Arizona?

its mesquite! we have it infesting parts of india too, its called vilayti babool. :D

i dont think its native to cali/arizona though. its from mexico.

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Re: An unwanted guest from California/Arizona?

And an Acacia

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http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/pdfs/international_programme/ProsopisMonographMainText.pdf

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Re: An unwanted guest from California/Arizona?

Yes you are right.

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Re: An unwanted guest from California/Arizona?

It's found all over Pak, it sort of became naturalised.