are also used, including bayahonde, bayahonda and bayarone, but these may also refer to any other Neotropical member of the genus Prosopis. The tree is known by a range of other names in various parts of the world, including algarrobe, cambrón, cashaw, épinard, mesquite, mostrenco, or mathenge. Many of the less-specific names are because over large parts of its range, it is the most familiar and common species of Prosopis, and thus to locals simply "the" bayahonde, algarrobe, etc. "Velvet mesquite" is sometimes given as an English name, but properly refers to a different species, P. velutina. Synonyms This plant has been described under a number of now-invalid scientific names: Acacia cumanensis Willd. Acacia juliflora (Sw.) Willd. Acacia salinarum (Vahl) DC. Algarobia juliflora (Sw.) Heynh. Algarobia juliflora as defined by G. Bentham refers only to the typical variety, Prosopis juliflora var. juliflora (Sw.) DC Desmanthus salinarum (Vahl) Steud. Mimosa juliflora Sw. Mimosa piliflora Sw. Mimosa salinarum Vahl Neltuma bakeri Britton & Rose Neltuma juliflora (Sw.) Raf. Neltuma occidenatlis Britton & Rose Neltuma occidentalis Britton & Rose Neltuma pallescens Britton & Rose Prosopis bracteolata DC. Prosopis cumanensis (Willd.) Kunth Prosopis domingensis DC. Prosopis dulcis Kunth var. domingensis (DC.)Benth. C.S. Kunth's Prosopis dulcis is Smooth Mesquite (P. laevigata), while P. dulcis as described by W.J. Hooker is Caldén (P. caldenia). Prosopis vidaliana Fern.-Vill. Prosopis chilensis was sometimes considered to belong here too, but is now usually considered a separate species. Several other authors misapplied P. chilensis to P. glandulosa (honey mesquite). Etymology Names in and around Indian Subcontinent, where the species is widely used for firewood and to make barriers, often compare it to similar trees and note its introduced status; thus in Hindi it is called angaraji babul, Kabuli kikar, vilayati babul, vilayati khejra or vilayati kikar. The angaraji and vilayati names mean they were introduced by Europeans, while Kabuli kikar (or keekar) means "Kabul acacia"; babul specifically refers to Acacia nilotica and khejra (or khejri) to P. cineraria, both of which are native to South Asia.In Maharashtra it is known as "Katkali (काटकळी)". In Gujarati it is called gando baval (ગાંડો બાવળ- literally translating to "the mad tree") and in Marwari, baavlia. In Kannada it is known as Ballaari Jaali ( ಬಳ್ಳಾರಿ ಜಾಲಿ) meaning "Jaali", local name, abundant in and around Bellary district. In Tamil Nadu, in Tamil language it is known as (சீமைக்கருவேலை), which can be analysed as சீமை