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It is native to Gujarat's tropical dry deciduous forests, river ravines, rocky escarpments, and moist valley micro-habitats. It occurs wild throughout the protected forest tracts of Saurashtra (Gir, Girnar, Barda Hills), the Aravalli-outlier ridges of North Gujarat (Sabarkantha, Banaskantha, Aravalli), and the moist deciduous forests of South Gujarat (The Dangs, Valsad, Navsari, Narmada, Chhota Udepur). Outside forest tracts, it is widely planted along rural highways, village water bodies, and civic avenues.
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