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Saltwort is a halophyte growing naturally in the highly saline tracts of the Indian desert. This investigation was conducted to determine salt resistance, soil-plant relationships, metabolic process and survival of the saltwort (Suaeda fructicosa (L.) Forsk.) as influenced by salinity. This species exhibited higher sugar and protein contents in rainy season and higher chlorophyll under salt stress. Proline accumulation was higher in the winter followed by summer and lowest in the rainy season. All the elements viz., Na, K, Ca and Cl studied in plant and soil did not follow a definite pattern.