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Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC.

Leguminosae

MW MC S North America (USA: California to Kansas and Texas; Mexico to Panama) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia) int M S Eurasia (China, India) and Africa

MW MC SW SC SE

M[L]

[D] E

hel [sci] hyg->xer calc sili acid->basi

dr (bark and fruits decoction for bronchial infection and sinus congestion, eye drops made from leaves juice or cooked leaves applied or taken orally, fresh roots taken orally for diarrhea, gum exudate from trunk taken orally for cold, flu and hoarse throat) fd (beverage, confectionery products made from pods, honey, husk transformed into flour, molasses) fr (pods) fw (charcoal, excellent firewood) ma pl sa (anti-erosion, dune fixation, shade, shelter, windbreaks) ti (beams, closure poles, door and window framing, fence posts, hub of making, light construction, paving of street, posts, railroad ties, rim)

Acacia cumanensis Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Acacia juliflora (Sw.) Willd. Acacia salinarum (Vahl) DC. Algorabia juliflora (Sw.) Heynh. Desmanthus salinarum (Vahl) Steud. Mimosa juliflora Sw. Mimosa piliflora Sw. Mimosa salinarum Vahl Neltuma bakeri Britton & Rose Neltuma juliflora (Sw.) Raf. Neltuma occidentalis Britton & Rose Neltuma pallescens Britton & Rose Prosopis bracteolata DC. Prosopis cumanensis (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Kunth Prosopis domingensis DC. Prosopis dulcis var. domingensis (DC.) Benth. Prosopis juliflora (L.) DC. Prosopis vidaliana A.Naves ex F.Villar

common mesquite; algarrobo (USA); cashaw (Jamaica); honey lacust, honey pod, kiawe (USA); mesquit-tree (Trinidad); mesquite (Bahamas, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, USA); screw bean (USA); velvet mesquite

prosopis commun; baya hon, bayahonde, bayahonde français, bayarone, bayarone français, chambron, guatapana (Haiti); prosopis mesquite

acacia de Catarina, aguijote (Nicaragua); algaroba (Puerto Rico); algarobba (Mexico); algarrabo (Colombia, Ecuador); algarrobo (Mexico, Peru); algarrobo del Brazil (Cuba); aroma, aroma americana (Puerto Rico); aromo (Costa Rica, Panama); baya honda, bayahón (Dominican Republic); bayahonda (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); bayahonda blanca, bayahonda blanca cambrón, bohahunda (Dominican Republic); cambron (Puerto Rico); cambrón (Dominican Republic); carbón (Costa Rica); catzimec (Guatemala, Mexico); chachaca (Cuba); cuji (Venezuela); cují (Colombia); cuji amarillo (Ecuador); cuji carora (Venezuela); cuji negro (Colombia, Venezuela); cuji yaque (Venezuela); espino blanco (Honduras); espino montreno (Costa Rica); espino ruco (Honduras); guatapaná (Cuba); guayabillo (Honduras); herrero (Panama); jamaguao (Honduras); macancaballo (Panama); maiz criollo (Ecuador); manca-caballo (Panama); mancacaballo (Colombia); mesquite (Cuba, Puerto Rico); mezquita (Cuba); mezquite (Mexico); mostrenco (Costa Rica); plumo de oro (Cuba); racascol (Guatemala); thacco (Peru); trupillo (Colombia); vallahonda (Dominican Republic); yague, yaque, yaque blanco (Venezuela)

algaroba, algarrobo, bate caica (Brazil); bayawonn, bayawonn fran, chambron (creole, Haiti); cuida (Netherlands Antilles); gwatapana (creole, Haiti); indju (Netherlands Antilles); kabuli kikar, kikar (India); kuigi, qui, sudjoe (Netherlands Antilles); tzocohuixtli (nahuatl, Mexico); útuh (huasteco, Mexico); vilayati, vilayati babul (India)

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Latin name	Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	MW MC S North America (USA: California to Kansas and Texas; Mexico to Panama) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia) int M S Eurasia (China, India) and Africa
North America distribution zone	MW MC SW SC SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage	[D] E
Ecology	hel [sci] hyg->xer calc sili acid->basi
Use	dr (bark and fruits decoction for bronchial infection and sinus congestion, eye drops made from leaves juice or cooked leaves applied or taken orally, fresh roots taken orally for diarrhea, gum exudate from trunk taken orally for cold, flu and hoarse throat) fd (beverage, confectionery products made from pods, honey, husk transformed into flour, molasses) fr (pods) fw (charcoal, excellent firewood) ma pl sa (anti-erosion, dune fixation, shade, shelter, windbreaks) ti (beams, closure poles, door and window framing, fence posts, hub of making, light construction, paving of street, posts, railroad ties, rim)
Synonym	Acacia cumanensis Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Acacia juliflora (Sw.) Willd. Acacia salinarum (Vahl) DC. Algorabia juliflora (Sw.) Heynh. Desmanthus salinarum (Vahl) Steud. Mimosa juliflora Sw. Mimosa piliflora Sw. Mimosa salinarum Vahl Neltuma bakeri Britton & Rose Neltuma juliflora (Sw.) Raf. Neltuma occidentalis Britton & Rose Neltuma pallescens Britton & Rose Prosopis bracteolata DC. Prosopis cumanensis (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Kunth Prosopis domingensis DC. Prosopis dulcis var. domingensis (DC.) Benth. Prosopis juliflora (L.) DC. Prosopis vidaliana A.Naves ex F.Villar
English name	common mesquite; algarrobo (USA); cashaw (Jamaica); honey lacust, honey pod, kiawe (USA); mesquit-tree (Trinidad); mesquite (Bahamas, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, USA); screw bean (USA); velvet mesquite
French name	prosopis commun; baya hon, bayahonde, bayahonde français, bayarone, bayarone français, chambron, guatapana (Haiti); prosopis mesquite
Spanish name	acacia de Catarina, aguijote (Nicaragua); algaroba (Puerto Rico); algarobba (Mexico); algarrabo (Colombia, Ecuador); algarrobo (Mexico, Peru); algarrobo del Brazil (Cuba); aroma, aroma americana (Puerto Rico); aromo (Costa Rica, Panama); baya honda, bayahón (Dominican Republic); bayahonda (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); bayahonda blanca, bayahonda blanca cambrón, bohahunda (Dominican Republic); cambron (Puerto Rico); cambrón (Dominican Republic); carbón (Costa Rica); catzimec (Guatemala, Mexico); chachaca (Cuba); cuji (Venezuela); cují (Colombia); cuji amarillo (Ecuador); cuji carora (Venezuela); cuji negro (Colombia, Venezuela); cuji yaque (Venezuela); espino blanco (Honduras); espino montreno (Costa Rica); espino ruco (Honduras); guatapaná (Cuba); guayabillo (Honduras); herrero (Panama); jamaguao (Honduras); macancaballo (Panama); maiz criollo (Ecuador); manca-caballo (Panama); mancacaballo (Colombia); mesquite (Cuba, Puerto Rico); mezquita (Cuba); mezquite (Mexico); mostrenco (Costa Rica); plumo de oro (Cuba); racascol (Guatemala); thacco (Peru); trupillo (Colombia); vallahonda (Dominican Republic); yague, yaque, yaque blanco (Venezuela)
Other name	algaroba, algarrobo, bate caica (Brazil); bayawonn, bayawonn fran, chambron (creole, Haiti); cuida (Netherlands Antilles); gwatapana (creole, Haiti); indju (Netherlands Antilles); kabuli kikar, kikar (India); kuigi, qui, sudjoe (Netherlands Antilles); tzocohuixtli (nahuatl, Mexico); útuh (huasteco, Mexico); vilayati, vilayati babul (India)
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