*Gujarati Name: દેશી બાવળ **Botanical Name: Acacia nilotica* ** *Details: Very Hardy, needs little moisture, grows well in dry area and also on wetlands near rivers, dams, lakes and sea. Evergreen tree. Favourite home of squirrel, weaver bird and many other birds and animals, probably because the thorns protect them from predators. Shrike stores its food on the thorns on Acacia. Leaves are used as food for cattle and goats, home for lacks of insects.. Trees of Acacia situated on banks of waterbodies (also partially submerged under water) are used as nesting sites for waterbirds like cormorants, shags, egrets, herons, spoonbills, ibises, darter, storks etc.*
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