Title: What Is a Mesquite Tree? | Sciencing
Headings: What Is a Mesquite Tree?
What Is a Mesquite Tree?
Geography
Types
Size
Features
Benefits

Content: The velvet mesquite has leaflets which feel velvety to the touch. 00:00
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Size
The honey mesquite can grow to 20 feet in height with a trunk that is a foot in diameter. Like the other mesquite species it has spines; they are 3 inches long and occur along the branches. The narrow leaves are pointed and are 2 to 3 inches long. The screwbean also can get as large as 20 feet. It has a 2-inch fruit that develops from its flowers that resembles the spiraling shape of a screw. The velvet mesquite is bigger than the other two, with a diameter that can reach 2 feet and growing to an average of 30 feet. It has 4-inch long spikes and an 8-inch fruit, like the honey mesquite does. Features
Mesquite trees have a long taproot that they use to locate enough moisture to keep them alive.