Thoothukudi farmers use Prosopis Juliflora, a thorny invasive tree in various ways which support their livelihoods.
- Prosopis Juliflora in local Tamil language : 'Seemai Karuvelam'
- The wood of the tree provides the people their sustenance during non-monsoon days.
- Court recently ordered that they can be cut down because of their invasive nature.
- The farmers are preparing charcoal out of it.
- Most of the farmers use traditional method, while two entrepreneurs have set up burners with modern technology.
