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Mesquite is a common name for some plants in the genus Prosopis and Neltuma, both of which contain over 40 species of small leguminous trees. They are native to dry areas in the Americas . They have extremely long roots to seek water from very far under ground.
Prosopis velutina, commonly known as velvet mesquite, is a small to medium-sized tree. It is a legume adapted to a dry, desert climate. Though considered to be a noxious weed in states outside its natural range, [ citation needed ] it plays a vital role in the ecology of the Sonoran Desert .
Neltuma glandulosa, formerly Prosopis glandulosa, commonly known as honey mesquite, [4] is a species of small to medium-sized, thorny shrub [5] or tree in the legume family . Distribution [ edit ]
Prosopis pallida is a species of mesquite tree. It has the common names kiawe (/ k iː ˈ ɑː v eɪ /) [2] (in Hawaii), huarango (in its native South America) and American carob, as well as "bayahonda" (a generic term for Prosopis), "algarrobo pálido" (in some parts of Ecuador and Peru), and "algarrobo blanco" (usually used for Prosopis alba).
Flower spikes. Strombocarpa pubescens (formerly Prosopis pubescens), commonly known as screwbean mesquite, [2] is a species of flowering shrub or small tree in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to the southwestern United States (Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, California, southern Nevada and Utah) and northern Mexico (Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Sonora).
It is known by the synonym Prosopis africana, and its common names include African mesquite, iron tree, gele (in Malinke), okpehe, and somb tree.
Prosopis chilensis is a medium-sized deciduous tree, reaching a height of about 14 m (46 ft). The trunk is stout and gnarled, and can reach a metre (yard) in diameter. The bark is pale brown and thick, exhibiting cracks and vertical fissu
Mesquite Bosque is a vegetative association within the Southwestern United States, under the Kuchler scheme of plant association categories. Geography