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Prosopis glandulosa

Accession Count: 33
Common Name: western honey mesquite
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Family Name: Fabaceae
Botanical Name: Prosopis glandulosa
Sub Species:
Variety: torreyana
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Cultivar:
Characteristics: Honey Mesquite is a deciduous tree or shrub can have one main trunk or multiple small ones. The plant's limbs flow down like a willow and has spreading, low growing, crooked branches. The twisting branches have paired thorns on the twigs. 
Compound: Pro gla tor
Geographic Origin: Desert Southwest
Ecozone Origin: Nearctic
Biome Origin:
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Cultivation Notes:
Ethnobotany:
Height: 20 - 50 feet
Width: 20 - 50 feet
Growth Rate:
Grow Season: Spring
Flower Season: ForeSummer
Color: Yellow
Function: Habitat
Spread: Spreading
Allergen: Non-allergenic
Invasive: Invasive
Toxicity: Benign
Hardy: Hardy
Water Use: Low water Use
Citations:
  1. horticultureunlimited.com. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
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Prosopis glandulosa