Honey Mesquite, Prosopis glandulosa - Calscape.
Drymocallis glandulosa, known by the common name sticky cinquefoil and formerly as Potentilla glandulosa, is a plant species in the family Rosaceae. It is native to western North America from southwestern Canada through the far western United States and California, into Baja California. It is widespread and can be found in many types of habitats.
Cardioprotective and anti-hypertensive effects of Prosopis glandulosa in rat models of pre-diabetes B. Huisamen, C. George, D. Dietrich and S. Genade Abstract Aim: Obesity and type 2 diabetes present with two debilitating complications, namely, hypertension and heart disease. The dried and ground pods of Prosopis glandulosa.
Classification kingdom Plantae phylum Tracheophyta class. Prosopis glandulosa Torr. Common names Algaroba in language. Honey Mesquite in English Mesquite in language. Mesquite-Busch in language. Texas mesquite in language. honey mesquite in English honey mesquite in English honey mesquite in language. mesquite in language. mesquite in Spanish Bibliographic References. Ali,S.I. (1973) Flora.
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum. Familia: Fabaceae Subfamilia: Mimosoideae Tribus: Mimoseae Genus: Prosopis Species: Prosopis glandulosa Varieties: P. glandulosa var. glandulosa - P. glandulosa var. torreyana. Name. Prosopis glandulosa Torr. References. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 2:192. 1827; USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources.
Prosopis glandulosa has been widely introduced and planted as a fuel and fodder tree. Seed are spread widely by grazing animals from established plantations or single trees around houses or water-holes, and will persist for long periods in the seed bank. It has shown itself to be a very aggressive invader, especially in sub-tropical arid and semi-arid natural grasslands, both in its native.
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Prosopis glandulosa Torr. in Ann.Lyc.N.Y. 2:192. 1827. Parker,For. Fl. Punj.ed.3.200.1956. A medium sized tree, thorns 0.7-5.0 cm long, axillary, stout. Leaves bipin.