Taxon: Prosopis glandulosa Torr.

• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa (6 accessions)
• Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana (9 accessions)

Common names:

• honey mesquite   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English   [Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa]
  
• honey mesquite   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – English   [Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana]
  
• honey mesquite   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• western honey mesquite   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English   [Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana]
  
• heuningprosopis   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans   [Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana]
  
• mesquite   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – Spanish
  

Economic importance:

• Bee plants: honey production   (fide Fagg & Stewart, 1994)
  
• Animal food: forage   (fide Econ Pl Aust; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Lampe & McCann)
  
• Weed   (fide Econ Pl Aust; Invasive Pl Spec)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Prosopis glandulosa from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View phytochemical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Kansas [s.w.], Oklahoma
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California [s.], Nevada [s.], Utah [s.w.]
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Sonora, Tamaulipas
  Southern Mexico: Mexico - Veracruz, Yucatan

• AFRICA
  Northern Africa: Libya
  Northeast Tropical Africa: Djibouti; Ethiopia; Somalia; Sudan
  East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda
  West Tropical Africa: Mali; Mauritania; Niger; Nigeria
  Southern Africa: Botswana; Namibia; South Africa - Eastern Cape, Free State, North West, Northern Cape, Western Cape
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  South America [tropical]

References:

• Burkart, A. 1976. A monograph of the genus Prosopis (Leguminosae subfam. Mimosoideae). J. Arnold Arbor. 57:514.
• Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas.
• Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora.
• Fagg, C. W. & J. L. Stewart. 1994. The value of Acacia and Prosopis in arid and semi-arid environments. J. Arid Environm. 27:9.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.
• Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants.
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist.
• Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico.
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
• National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future.
• Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia.
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.
• Welsh, S. L. et al. 1987. A Utah flora. Great Basin Naturalist Mem. 9.
• Wiggins, I. L. 1980. Flora of Baja California.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Prosopis glandulosa.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Prosopis glandulosa.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Prosopis glandulosa.

Synonyms:

• Prosopis chilensis var. glandulosa (Torr.) Standl. [≡ Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa]
  
• Prosopis juliflora var. glandulosa (Torr.) Cockerell [≡ Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa]
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• Prosopis juliflora var. torreyana L. D. Benson [≡ Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana]
  

Check other web resources for Prosopis glandulosa Torr.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ILDIS: World Database of Legumes
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images or nodulation data:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• GRIN nodulation data

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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