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Prosopis pallida (Willd.) Kunth
Mesquite

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Reference
Nov.Gen.Sp.Pl. 6:309 (1824)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Alien to Western Australia Alien to Western Australia
Name Status
Not Current

Spiny tree or shrub, 4-10 m high, leaflets 2-4 times as long as wide, coriaceous, pinnae (1-)2-4-jugate; pods glabrous. Fl. green-yellow, Feb or Jul to Sep. Red alluvial soil, sand, loam, clay. Coastal plain, tidal flats, banks of water courses, paddocks.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 30 April 2005
1000 km
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