Yavasa, Camel thorn (Alhagi camelorum) Description of Plant Yavasa (Alhagi camelorum) is a perennial plant which originates from massive rhizome system and extend up to sex feet into ground. Now shoots can appear around 200 feet from parent plant. Whereas above the ground plant hardly reaches four feet in height. It is heavily branched along with the gray green, long spines on branches. It bears the small, bright pink to maroon pea color flowers. It contains the small legume pods