Prosopis juliflora

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Prosopis juliflora in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Prosopis juliflora, DC., and allies. Mesquit, or Mesquite. Several forms have been confused under this name. P. juliflora, DC., is a strictly W. Indian species, with many pairs of lfts. very close together, 1/4-3/4 x 1/12-1/8in. rather thin in texture and elliptic to oblong, apex and base blunt and rounded. P. dulcis, Kunth, is a Mexican species somewhat similar to the preceding but with the lfts. slightly more distant although still crowded, 1/4-1/2 x 1/16in., linear to linear-oblong, apex tending to be acutish and mucronulate, the texture more coriaceous. P. glandulosa, Torr., is the common species throughout Texas, New Mex., and S. Calif., also occurring in Mex.; it has more remote pairs of lfts. often distantly so, 3/4-2 x 1/8-3/16in., which, when mature, are longer than in P. juliflora, rigid and linear, those of the young shoots frequently elliptical to spatulate and up to 1/4in. or even more broad, base slightly narrowed, apex mucronulate and usually acutish although also bluntish. P. velutina, Wooton, is a southwestern species which looks much like P. dulcís, but the younger shoots, lvs., and lf.-rachis velutinous-pubescent; lfts.3/16—1/2 X 1/32—1/8 in. oblong, apex rounded, base rounded. Ariz. and S. Calif. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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