Torr. [Preferred name]
sensu auct. {Misapplied}
var.
(Torr.)Standl. {Synonym}
sensu auct. {Misapplied}
var.
Sarg. {Synonym}
var.
VERNACULAR NAME:
Algaroba [2];
Honey Mesquite [1166];
Mesquite [2, 1166]
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
- Africa
-
Botswana (I) [8];
Djibouti (I) [239];
Ethiopia (I) [39];
Kenya (I) [8];
Libya (I) [83];
Mali (I) [8];
Mauritania (I) [8];
Namibia (I) [40];
Niger (I) [8];
Nigeria (I) [8];
Somalia (I) [8];
Sudan (I) [8];
Tanzania (I) [8];
Uganda (I) [1]
- Asia
-
India (I) [3020, 3027, 3035, 3372, 3373, 3377, 3619];
Delhi [3372];
Haryana [3373];
Karnataka [3020];
Punjab [3377];
Rajasthan [3619];
Tamil Nadu [3027];
Uttar Pradesh [3035];
Iran (I) [1939];
Iraq (I) [1939];
Myanmar (I) [3687];
Pakistan (I) [2010]
- Australasia
-
Australia (I) [1880];
- Caribbean
-
Cuba (I) [1371];
Puerto Rico (I) [1166]
- Central America
-
Mexico(North & Central) (N) [1166]
- Middle East
-
South Yemen (I) [1939]
- North America
-
United States (N) [1166, 1360, 1371, 1409, 1431, 1504, 1632, 3157];
Arizona [3157];
California [3157];
Kansas [3157];
Nevada [3157];
New Mexico [3157];
Oklahoma [3157];
Texas [3157];
Utah [3157]
LITERATURE POINTERS:
Description [1166, 1882, 2010, 3386, 3687]
; Illustration [1882, 3386]
DESCRIPTORS:
Climbing: Not climbing
; Conservation Status: Not Threatened
; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157]
; Habit: Shrub [3581], Tree
; Lifespan: Perennial
; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 Polhill RM, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P
USES:
Environmental [1862];
Forage [2, 1166];
Weed [3157];
Wood [2, 1166, 2010]
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