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Latin name	Pouzolzia occidentalis (Liebm.) Wedd.
Family	Urticaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, Puerto Rico) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
Foliage	E
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Synonym	Leucococcus occidentalis Liebm. Margarocarpus ovatus Wedd. Pouzolzia glabrata Wedd. Pouzolzia latifolia Wedd. Pouzolzia ovata (Wedd.) Wedd. Pouzolzia petiolata Rusby Pouzolzia platyphylla Rusby
English name	western pouzolzia; Coamo river Pouzolz's bush (Puerto Rico)
French name	pouzolzia occidental
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Latin name	Povedadaphne W.C.Burger
Family	Lauraceae
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English name	povedadaphne
French name	povedadaphne
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Latin name	Povedadaphne quadriporata W.C.Burger
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Ocotea quadriporata (W.C.Burger) Kosterm.
English name	fourpore povedadaphne
French name	povedadaphne à quatre pores
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Latin name	Pradosia Liais
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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Synonym	Glycoxylon Ducke Neopometia Aubrév. Pometia Vell.
English name	pradosia
French name	pradosia
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Latin name	Pradosia atroviolacea Ducke
Family	Sapotaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Ecology	hyg
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English name	violet pradosia
French name	pradosia violet
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Latin name	Prestoea Hook.f.
Family	Palmae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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Synonym	Acrista O.F.Cook Euterpe Gaertn. non Mart. Martinezia Ruiz & Pav. Oreodoxa Willd.
English name	prestoea; sierran palm
French name	palmiste
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Latin name	Prestoea acuminata (Willd.) H.E.Moore
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Tobago, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	acuminate prestoea; mountain palm (Puerto Rico)
French name	palmiste acuminé; macontonca, palme-à-vin, palmiste-à-chapelet (Haiti)
Spanish name	cuaste (Ecuador); manacla, palma de manacla (Dominican Republic); palma de ramos (Ecuador); palmito (Costa Rica); sisagua (Ecuador)
Other name	macoutouka, palmaven, palmis chapelèt (creole, Haiti); puma chincha, tuchincha (quichua, Ecuador)
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Latin name	Prestoea acuminata (Willd.) H.E.Moore var. acuminata
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology
Use	dr (staminate flowers are used to make a tea to cleanse the blood) fd (hearts) ti (house construction)
Synonym	Aiphanes praga Kunth Euterpe acuminata (Willd.) H.Wendl. Euterpe andicola Brongn. ex Mart. Euterpe andina Burret Euterpe aphanolepis Burret Euterpe brevivaginata Mart. Euterpe chaunostachys Burret Euterpe frigida (Kunth) Burret Euterpe haenkeana Brong. ex Mart. Euterpe megalochlamys Burret Euterpe microspadix Burret Euterpe oocarpa Burret Euterpe purpurea Engel Euterpe trichoclada Burret Euterpe zephria Dugand Oenocarpus caracasanus Mart. Oenocarpus frigidus (Kunth) Spreng. Oenocarpus utilis Klotzsch Oreodoxa acuminata Willd. Oreodoxa frigida Kunth Prestoea allenii H.E.Moore Prestoea megalochlamys (Burret) H.E.Moore Prestoea trichoclada (Burret) Balslev & A.J.Hend.
English name	typical acuminate prestoea
French name	palmiste acuminé typique
Spanish name	botsacha (Colombia); diablo fuente (Peru); maquenque (Panama); palm heart dulce (Costa Rica); palma negra (Peru); palma ramosilla (Bolivia); palmicho (Colombia, Venezuela); palmito (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador)
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Latin name	Prestoea acuminata var. montana (Graham) A.J.Hend. & Galeano
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles) NC MC South America (Tobago, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg mes
Use	fd ma (thatch) pl (potential) sa
Synonym	Acrista monticola O.F.Cook Areca montana Lodd. Areca regia Kunth Euterpe globosa auct. non C.F.Gaertn. Euterpe globosa C.F.Gaertn. Euterpe manaele (Mart.) Griseb. & H.Wendl. ex Griseb. Euterpe montana Graham Euterpe oleracea Griseb. non Mart. Euterpe pertenuis L.H.Bailey Euterpe tobagonis L.H.Bailey Oreodoxa manaele Mart. Oreodoxa oleracea Bello non Mart. Prestoea montana (Graham) G.Nicholson
English name	mountain acuminate prestoea; mountain cabbage (Puerto Rico); mountain-palm (Lesser Antilles); sierra palm (Puerto Rico); sierran palm
French name	palmiste acuminé de montagne; chapelet (Haiti); chou amer; chou franc; chou palmiste (Guadeloupe); macouta, macoutouca (Haiti); palmiste (Dominica, Guadeloupe); palmiste à chapelet (Haiti); palmiste blanc, palmiste franc (Guadeloupe); palmiste noir; palmiste rouge (Lesser Antilles); palmiste-montagne (Dominica, Guadeloupe)
Spanish name	manacla (Dominican Republic); palma boba, palma bobo (Cuba); palma de manada (Dominican Republic); palma de sierra (Puerto Rico); palma dulce (Dominican Republic); palma justa (Cuba); palmito dulce (Dominican Republic); suripalma (Bolivia)
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Latin name	Prestoea decurrens (H.Wendl. ex Burret) H.E.Moore
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Use	fd (heart)
Synonym	Euterpe decurrens H.Wendl. ex Burret
English name	decurrent prestoea
French name	palmiste décurrent
Spanish name	cana lucia (Costa Rica); chapil, chapilde, chichiburrú (Colombia); coyolilla (Costa Rica); palmilla (Colombia)
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Latin name	Prestoea ensiformis (Ruiz & Pav.) H.E.Moore
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Use	fd (hearts)
Synonym	Euterpe ensiformis (Ruiz & Pav.) Mart. Martinezia ensiformis Ruiz & Pav. Prestoea darienensis A.J.Hend. Prestoea integrifolia Nevers & A.J.Hend. Prestoea sejuncta L.H.Bailey
English name	swordlike prestoa
French name	palmiste ensiforme
Spanish name	chontilla (Ecuador); cuyol, maïri (Peru); palma jibara, palmiche (Ecuador); palmita (Peru); palmito (Ecuador); Puerto Rico (Panama); rabihorcao (Colombia)
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Latin name	Prestoea longepetiolata (Oerst.) H.E.Moore
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Euterpe longepetiolata Oerst.
English name	longpetiole prestoa
French name	palmiste à longs pétioles
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Latin name	Prestoea schultzeana (Burret) H.E.Moore
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	hyg->mes [calc]
Use	dr (roots are used to make tea to treat diarrhea) ma (seeds used in blowguns to shoot small birds, thatch)
Synonym	Euterpe schultzeana Burret Prestoea asplundii H.E.Moore
English name	Schultze prestoea
French name	palmiste de Schultze
Spanish name	palma de pantano (Ecuador); surzula (Nicaragua)
Other name	ca'hue (secoya, Ecuador); chincha (waorani, Ecuador); eches (waorani, Ecuador); giyikabemo (waorani, Ecuador); na-í (secoya, Ecuador); nai, naicá (siona, Ecuador); shipati (quichua, Ecuador); tua (waorani, Ecuador)
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Latin name	Priamosia Urb.
Family	Flacourtiaceae
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English name	priamosia
French name	priamosia
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Latin name	Priamosia domingensis Urb.
Family	Flacourtiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
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Synonym	Xylosma microphyllum Urb. & Ekman
English name	Hispaniola priamosia
French name	priamosia d'Hispaniola
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Latin name	Prioria Griseb.
Family	Leguminosae
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English name	prioria; cativo
French name	prioria
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Latin name	Prioria copaifera Griseb.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Central America, West Indies) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L[G]
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Ecology	hyg acid
Use	ex fr ma (gum, stuffing for furniture) pp (very good for paper pulp) ti (cabinet work, carpentry, coarse construction, crates, interior construction, interior trim, paneling, particleboards, pattern, plaque, plywood corestock, rough boxes, rustic furniture, veneer)
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English name	cativo prioria; cativo, Spanish walnut
French name	prioria cativo
Spanish name	amansa mujer (Panama); amansa-mujer; amansamujer (Colombia, Panama); cabimbo (Venezuela); camibar (Costa Rica, Nicaragua); camíbar (Costa Rica); cantivo; capachü (Colombia); cativo (Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama); cativo blanco (Costa Rica); copachú (Colombia); curacai (Venezuela); kativo (Nicaragua); muramo (Venezuela); trementino (Colombia)
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Trade name	cativo, cultivato, floresa, tabasara

Latin name	Pristimera Miers
Family	Celastraceae
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Synonym	Hippocratea subgen. Pristimera Miers ex Loes.
English name	pristimera
French name	pristimera
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Latin name	Pristimera nervosa (Miers) A.C.Sm.
Family	Celastraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) N MW MC South America (Colombia to Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	[S?]
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Synonym	Hippocratea nervosa (Miers) J.F.Macbr. Hippocratea ulei Loes. Salacia arborescens Rusby Sicyomorpha nervosa Miers
English name	nerved pristimera
French name	pristimera nervuré
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Latin name	Prockia P.Browne ex L.
Family	Flacourtiaceae
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English name	prockia
French name	prockia
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Latin name	Prockia crucis L.
Family	Flacourtiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (general)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
Foliage	E [D]
Ecology	hel xer
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Synonym	Kelletia odorata Seem. Prockia acuta Sessé & Moç. Prockia bahiensis Turcz. Prockia completa Hook. Prockia costaricensis Standl. Prockia crucis var. cordata DC. Prockia crucis var. septemnervia (Spreng.) Sleumer Prockia crucis var. villosa A.Rich. Prockia glabra Briq. Prockia grandiflora Herzog Prockia hassleri Briq. Prockia lutea (L.) Gilg Prockia mexicana Turcz. Prockia morifolia Triana & Planch. Prockia septemnervia Spreng. Prockia subcordata Sessé & Moç. Prockia tomentosa A.Rich. Prockia villosa Moric. Tinea triplinervia Spreng. Trilix auriculata Ruiz & Pav. Trilix crucis (L.) Griseb. Trilix lutea L.
English name	crosslike prockia
French name	prockia cruciforme
Spanish name	cacho de novillo (El Salvador); colomuni silvestre (Bolivia); guasimilla (Cuba, Puerto Rico); quesadilla (Honduras); sacha capuli (Ecuador)
Other name	marai (canendiyu?, Paraguay)
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Latin name	Prosopis L.
Family	Leguminosae
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Synonym	Prosopis sect. Strombocarpa Benth. Strombocarpa (Benth.) A.Gray
English name	mesquite; mesquit
French name	prosopis
Spanish name	algarroba (Mexico); algarrobo (Argentina, Chile, Mexico); mesquite, mezquite (Mexico)
Other name	bayahonda (Haiti); cujuy (Venezuela); kiawe (Hawaii)
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Latin name	Prosopis articulata S.Watson
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SW SC North America (Mexico: Baja California, Sonora)
North America distribution zone	SW SC
Height	S?
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Synonym	Neltuma articulata (S.Watson) Britton & Rose Neltuma pazensis Britton & Rose Prosopis juliflora var. articulata (S.Watson) Wiggins Prosopis juliflora var. velutina (Wooton) Sarg. Prosopis pazensis (Britton & Rose) Wiggins
English name	articulated mesquite
French name	prosopis articulé
Spanish name	mesquit, mesquite, mesquité amargo (Mexico)
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Latin name	Prosopis glandulosa Torr.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	MW MC SW SC North America (USA: California to Kansas to Louisiana; Mexico: Baja California to Tamaulipas) South America? (tropics?)
North America distribution zone	MW MC SW SC
Height	S?
Foliage	D E
Ecology	hel hyg xer
Use	fd (honey) fr fw (fuel) ma (gum) pl sa ti (fence posts)
Synonym	Algarobia glandulosa (Torr.) Cooper Neltuma constricta (Sarg.) Britton & Rose Neltuma glandulosa (Torr.) Britton & Rose Neltuma neomexicana Britton Prosopis juliflora var. constricta Sarg.
English name	honey mesquite; algaroba (USA); common mesquite p.p.; glandular mesquite (USA); honey pod; mesquite (USA)
French name	prosopis glanduleux
Spanish name	algarobo, guichacho, mesquite, pluma de oro (Cuba)
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Latin name	Prosopis glandulosa Torr. var. glandulosa
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	MC SC North America (USA: Colorado, Kansas, Texas to Louisiana; Mexico: Coahuila to Tamaulipas) South America? (tropics?)
North America distribution zone	MC SC
Height	S?
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Synonym	Prosopis chilensis var. glandulosa (Torr.) Standl. Prosopis juliflora auct. p.p. non (Sw.) DC. Prosopis juliflora var. glandulosa (Torr.) Cockerell
English name	typical honey mesquite
French name	prosopis glanduleux typique
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Latin name	Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana (L.D.Benson) M.C.Johnst.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	MW MC SW SC North America (USA: California to Utah to Texas; Mexico: Baja California, Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua)
North America distribution zone	MW MC SW SC
Height	S?
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel [hyg] xer
Use	dr fd fw (fuel) ti (fence posts)
Synonym	Prosopis glandulosa ssp. torreyana (L.D.Benson) E.Murray Prosopis juliflora var. torreyana L.D.Benson Prosopis odorata Torr. & Frém.
English name	western honey mesquite; honey mesquite p.p., Torrey mesquite
French name	prosopis glanduleux de l'Ouest
Spanish name	algarroba, chachaca, mesquite (Mexico)
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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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Latin name	Prosopis laevigata (Humb.& Bonpl. ex Willd. ) M.C.Johnst.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Jalisco, Michoacan)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel xer calc sili
Use	fd fr fw
Synonym	Acacia laevigata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Algarobia dulcis (Kunth) Benth. Mimosa laevigata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Poir. Mimosa rotundata Sessé & Moç. Neltuma attenuata Britton & Rose Neltuma laevigata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Britton & Rose Neltuma michoacana Britton & Rose Prosopis dulcis Kunth
English name	smooth mesquite; mesquite (USA)
French name	prosopis glabre
Spanish name	algarrobo, mezquite (Mexico)
Other name	útuh (huasteco); chúcata, tziritzecua (tarasco)
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Latin name	Prosopis palmeri S.Watson
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SW North America (end Mexico: Baja California Sur)
North America distribution zone	SW
Height	S?
Foliage	D
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Synonym	Sopropis palmeri (S.Watson) Britton & Rose
English name	Palmer mesquite
French name	prosopis de Palmer
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Latin name	Prosopis pubescens Benth.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	MW MC North America (USA: California to Texas; Mexico: Baja California Norte, Sonora)
North America distribution zone	MW MC
Height	S?
Foliage	D
Ecology	[hel] hyg->xer
Use	fr (seeds eaten by the American coot: Fulica americana) fw (fuel) pl (ornamental in S Arizona) ti (fence posts, house construction, tool handles)
Synonym	Strombocarpa odorata (Torr. & Frém.) Torr. Strombocarpa pubescens (Benth.) A.Gray
English name	screwbean mesquite; American screw bean; Fremont screwbean (Mexico); screw-pod mesquite, screwbean; ternillo (USA)
French name	prosopis pubescent; mesquite à fruits vrillés
Spanish name	tornillo
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