Karuvelam Pattai Powder 50gms
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Botanical Name: Prosopis Juliflora English Name: Mesquite Tree Bark Tamil Name: கருவேலம் / Karuvelam Pattai Hindi Name: बाबुल / कीकर / Babul, Kikar Malayalam Name: കരിവേലം / കരുവേലും / Karivelan, Karuvelum Telugu Name: నల్లతుమ్మ / తుమ్మ / తుమ / Nallatumma, Tumma, Tuma About Karuvelam:The mesquite tree grows to a height of up to 12 meters and has a trunk with a diameter of up to 1.2 metres. Its leaves are deciduous, bi-pinnate, light green, compounded with 12 to 20 leaflets. Flowers appear shortly after leaf development. The flowers are in 5–10 cm long green-yellow cylindrical spikes, which occur in clusters of 2 to 5 at the ends of branches. Pods are 20 to 30 cm long and contain between 10 and 30 seeds per pod. A mature plant can produce hundreds of thousands of seeds. Seeds remain viable for up to 10 years. The tree reproduces by way of seeds, not vegetatively. Seeds are spread by cattle and other animals that consume the seed pods and spread the seeds in their droppings