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| Jhand is a vital resource in arid regions. The sweetish bark can be ground into flour and saved lives in the Great Rajputana Famine of 1868-69. It provides nutritious fodder and the pods are cooked and eaten in Rajasthan. The bark is used medicinally to treat a range of maladies from asthma, leucoderma, leprosy, muscular tremors, even wandering of the mind. Jhand is deeply revered in the desert. |
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