WorldFloraDB - Prosopis flexuosa

Characteristics

A shrub or small tree. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 3-10 m tall. The leaves have leaflets along the stalk. The leaves are 5-13 cm long with 12-29 leaflets 4-15 mm long by 1-2 mm wide. It has spines in the axils of the leaves. The pod is 5-28 cm long by 0.7-1.2 cm wide.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	tree
Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	deciduous
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
Pollination	-
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Mature width (meter)	-
Mature height (meter)	6.0
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Rooting depth (meter)	6.0
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Nitrogen fixer	rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway	c3

Environment

It is a subtropical plant. In Argentina it grows from sea level to 2,200 m above sea level.

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Lowland forest and gallery forest

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Usage

Uses	charcoal dye forage medicinal timber wood
Edible	fruits pods seeds
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.

Mode	seedlings
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Germination treatment	soaking
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