Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c29.t2.98

v2.c29.t2.98

Trees. — Trees they have none indigenous (mangoes and tamarind are planted about the capital), but abundant shrubs, as the babul, and ever-green pilu, the jhal, and others yielding berries. The Bidawats, indeed, apply the term ‘tree’ to the rohira, which sometimes attains the height of twenty feet, and is transported to all parts for house-building; as likewise is the nima, so well known throughout India. The phog is the most useful of all these, as with its twigs they frame a wicker-work to line their wells, and prevent the sand from falling in.