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It is non-native to Gujarat and Indian subcontinent. Introduced to India during the 19th century as a hardy ornamental and sand-dune-stabilizing plant, it has become widely naturalized across semi-arid, rocky, and saline wastelands of Saurashtra (Junagadh, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar), Kachchh, and North Gujarat (Banaskantha, Patan), colonizing degraded roadsides, canal banks, and railway tracts.
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