Prosopis glandulosa Torr.
var. torreyana (Benson) Johnst.

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Modisa Wildlife Project,Grassland Game Farm, Ghanzi district.

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Synonyms:	Prosopis juliflora sensu auct. var. torreyana L.D.Benson
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Description:	Multi-stemmed shrub or small tree. Branches reddish-brown, armed with paired straight spines. Leaves, bipinnate with only one pair of pinnae; leaflets in 7-18 widely spaced pairs, oblong, 10-25 mm long, hairless. Flowers in axillary spikes, yellow. Pods slender, woody, 10-25 cm long, straight, somewhat constricted between the seeds, indehiscent.
Notes:	FZ 3(1), p. 11 records Prosopis limensis Benth. as being cultivated in Zimbabwe. It is not known whether there are one or two cultivated species in Zimbabwe.
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Flowering time:	Jun - Nov
Worldwide distribution:	Native to Southwestern USA and Mexico. Naturalized and considered invasive, particularly in South Africa.
Growth form(s):	Tree.
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Literature:	Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 305. Henderson, L. (2001). Alien weeds and invasive plants Plant Protection Research Institute Handbook No. 12. Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Council, South Africa. Page 121. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 71. Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (1997). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa. Struik, South Africa Pages 500 - 501. (Includes a picture). Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (2013). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa (Second edition) Struik, South Africa Pages 596 - 597. (Includes a picture).

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