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  • COMMON NAME: Ghaf
  • ARABIC: الغاف
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Prosopis cineraria (L.) Druce
  • SYNONYMS: P. spicigera L.
  • FAMILY: MIMOSACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Ajman , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M) Fodder (F) Landscape (L) Fruits (F) Apiculture (A) Other Uses (O)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Tree
  • HABITATS: Wadi Wadi Slope Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
  • REMARKS: Wadi Wurayah National Park (WWNP). Plants used by honeybees for nectar collection for honey production. species plays as a major role in the reforestation schemes of the Westerns region. The taproot of the tree is said to grow up to 60 m in length.
Flora of the United Arab Emirates V1 & 2, Fawzi M.Karim, Nael M.Fawzi; reviewed by Fatima Al-Ansary. Al-Ain: United Arab Emirates University, 2007. V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021. https://www.floraofqatar.com/prosopis_cineraria.htm Gary R. Feulner. 2014. The Flora of Wadi Wurayah National Park Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE. M.V.D jongbloed, G.R. Fuelner, B. Boer, A.R. Western. the comprehensive guide to the wild flowers of the United Arab Emirates. Environmental research and wildlife Development agency, Abu Dhabi, 2003.
Highly salt tolerant up to half seawater salinity. The leaves are an available, excellent, and nutritious fodder. Effectively stabilizes sand dunes and can withstand periodic burial. shade tree in otherwise barren sandy desert. seed pods and young leaves used to be eaten as a vegetable. wood used for fuel and construsction. Ground pods mixed with leaves of ocimum basilicum and lemon juice used as eye drops to treat cataracts. extract of leaves used as eye drops, extract of crushed pods used as ear drops. Leaves chewed for totthache and dyspepsia. Ashes of burnt bark mixed with water applied to site of fructures to relieve pain. Bark also used for rheumatism and applied to scorpion stings. Sap from branches used as an antiseptic. Honey nectar plants.

Tree with slender, gray branches and scattered prickles. Leaves 2-pinnate; pinnae of 2-4 pairs; leaflets in 6-15 pairs, oblong, 8-18 mm long, 3-5 mm wide. Flowers 4-6 mm long, sessile, in axillary spikes, 4-10 cm long and terminal panicles, often interrupted at base, solitary or twin. Calyx 1-2 mm long, truncate not ciliated. Corolla yellow, 2-3 mm long. Pod 50-150 mm long, 0.4-0.8 mm wide, linear, curved, torulose, glabrous, reddish-brown. Seeds many, about 10-15, oblong, brown. Flowering from March to May and October to January.

sandy places and wadi banks.
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