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Introduced to Gujarat over a century ago (circa 1894�1900 under the Princely State of Radhanpur and subsequently by the colonial and state forest departments) as a hardy sand-binder to arrest the advancement of the Rann of Kachchh. It has aggressively naturalized across Saurashtra, Kachchh (invading the Banni grasslands), North Gujarat, and coastal tracts.
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