Title: Prosopis glandulosa - Wikipedia
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Prosopis glandulosa
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Contents
Distribution
Description
Varieties
Invasive species
Uses
Indigenous peoples
References
External links

Content: P. glandulosa
Binomial name
Prosopis glandulosa
Torr. Varieties
Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa
Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana

Natural range
Synonyms
Prosopis juliflora var. glandulosa (Torr.) Prosopis glandulosa, commonly known as honey mesquite, is a species of small to medium-sized, thorny shrub or tree in the legume family ( Fabaceae ). Contents
1 Distribution
2 Description
2.1 Varieties
2.2 Invasive species
3 Uses
3.1 Indigenous peoples
4 References
5 External links
Distribution
The plant is primarily native to the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico. Its range extends on the northeast through Texas and into southern Kansas, and west to southern California. It can be part of the Mesquite Bosque plant association community in the Sonoran Desert ecoregion of California and Arizona (U.S.), and Sonora state (México). Description
Seedpods
Prosopis glandulosa has rounded big and floppy, drooping branches with feathery foliage and straight, paired spines on twigs.