Prosopis is a genus of about 45 species of leguminousspinytrees and shrubs found in subtropical and tropical regions of the Americas, Africa and southwest Asia. They often thrive in arid soil and are resistant to droughts, on occasion developing extremely deep root systems. Their wood is usually hard, dense and durable. Their fruits are pods and may contain large amounts of sugar. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1569x1561, 343 KB) Prosopis caldenia is a South American tree species that inhabits the center of Argentina. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Classes Magnoliopsida- Dicots Liliopsida- Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Young castor oil plant showing its prominent two embryonic leaves (cotyledons), that differ from the adult leaves Dicotyledons or dicots is a name for a group of flowering plants whose seed typically contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families Fabaceae (legumes) Quillajaceae Polygalaceae (milkwort family) Surianaceae The Fabales are an order of flowering plants, included in the rosid group of dicotyledons. ... Subfamilies Faboideae Caesalpinioideae Mimosoideae References GRIN-CA 2002-09-01 The name Fabaceae belongs to either of two families, depending on viewpoint. ... Infrafamilies Acacieae Ingeae Mimoseae Mimozygantheae Parkieae The Mimosoideae is a subfamily of the Family Fabaceae characterized by flowers with small petals and numerous prominent stamens. ... Mimoseae is an infrafamily in the subfamily Mimosoideae, containing the genus Prosopis among others. ... Carolus Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as (help· info), (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist[1] who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. ... In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a taxonomic grouping. ... Varieties of soybean seeds, a popular legume Pea pods The term legume has two closely related meanings in botany, a situation encountered with many botanical common names of useful plants, whereby an applied name can refer to either the plant itself, or to the edible fruit (or useful part). ... Raised thorns on the stem of the wait-a-bit climber Thorns on rose stems A spine is a rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure on an animal, shell, or plant, presumably serving as a defense against attack by predators. ... For other uses, see Tree (disambiguation). ... A broom shrub in flower A shrub or bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 6 m tall. ... World map showing the Americas The Americas commonly refers to the landmass of the Western Hemisphere, consisting of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions. ... A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia. ... Asia is the largest and most populous region or continent depending on the definition. ... A drought or an extreme dry periodic climate is an extended period where water availability falls below the statistical requirements for a region. ... Primary and secondary roots in a cotton plant In vascular plants, the root is that organ of a plant body that typically lies below the surface of the soil (compare with stem). ... A tree trunk as found at the Veluwe, The Netherlands Wood derives from woody plants, notably trees but also shrubs. ... Varieties of soybean seeds, a popular legume Pea pods The term legume has two closely related meanings in botany, a situation encountered with many botanical common names of useful plants, whereby an applied name can refer to either the plant itself, or to the edible fruit (or useful part). ... Magnified view of refined sugar crystals. ...
Species Many; see text. ... Screwbean Mesquite (Prosopis pubescens), is a small tree or shrub found in the southwestern United States from Texas to California. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... Algarrobo is the Spanish common name for several tree species, such as: The European carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua) South American trees of genus Prosopis: algarrobo blanco (Prosopis alba) algarrobo negro (Prosopis nigra) This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Landscape in the Gran Chaco, Paraguay The Gran Chaco (Quechua chaqu, hunting land), dubbed by some as the last South American frontier, is an arid, sparsely populated, very hot, semi-desertic, lowland region of the River Plate basin, divided between Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and a small portion in Brazil called... Binomial name Prosopis alba Griseb. ... Binomial name Prosopis nigra Griseb. ... A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia. ... Asia is the largest and most populous region or continent depending on the definition. ... Rajasthan (राजसà¥à¤¥à¤¾à¤¨) is the largest state of the Republic of India in terms of area. ... Binomial name Prosopis cineraria (L.) Druce Prosopis cineraria is a small to medium size tree, found mainly in the Thar Desert of Rajasthan in India. ...
References
Paciecznik, N. M., Harris P. J. C., & S. J. Smith. 2003. Identifying Tropical Prosopis Species: A Field Guide. HDRA, Coventry, UK. ISBN 0905343344.
Handbook on taxonomy of Prosopis in Mexico, Peru and Chile (FAO Document Repository)
Plant Walk I: Old Main (website of the Vascular Plant Herbarium of the University of Arizona in Tucson)
Plant Walk 1 UofA
Plant Walk 2 UofA
See also
Arabian Desert and East Sahero-Arabian xeric shrublands
Prosopis cineraria is native to India, whilst Prosopis africana is native to the Sahelian belt of Africa.
The districts with the greatest prosopis populations are Garissa, Wajir, Mandera, Baringo, Turkana, Taita Taveta and Tana River Districts.
Prosopis is a folk remedy in some arid zones of the world for catarrh, colds, diarrhoea, dysentery, excrescences,eyes, flu, colds, hoarseness, inflammation, itch, measles, pinkeye, stomach ache, sore throat and wounds.
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