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Prosopis glandulosa Torr.
Mesquite

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Reference
Ann.Lyceum Nat.Hist.New York 2:192-193, Tab. 2 (1827)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Alien to Western Australia
Name Status
Not Current

Spiny tree or shrub, to 10 m high, leaflets 7(-15) times as long as wide; pods glabrous. Fl. green-white-cream-yellow, Jul to Oct. Alluvial red silty soils. Semi-saline clay plains, coastal plains.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 30 April 2005