Title: Mesquite - description, history, use and benefits
Headings: MESQUITE

Content: Honey Mesquite has smooth, brown bark that roughens with age. Narrow, bipinnately compound leaves 2 to 3 inches long are sharply
pointed. They are yellowish green in color with oblong leaflets 1/8" wide
and 1 1/4" long. Honey Mesquite blooms in May displaying 1/4-inch long fragrant, creamy
yellow flowers in narrow 3-inch clusters. The fruit is a flat, narrow,
yellow-green pod up to 8 inches long and ending in a point. Screwbean Mesquite (Prosopis pubescens)
The Screwbean Mesquite is a shrub or small tree characterized by
2-inch, screw-like pods and spiny, twisted branches. It reaches a height
of 20 feet; the trunk may be up to 8 inches in diameter. The Screwbean Mesquite has light-brown to reddish, smooth bark that
separates into long, shaggy strips. Narrow, bipinnately compound leaves
2 to 3 inches long are sharply pointed.