Prosopis ruscifolia Griseb.

A tree. It grows 6-16 m tall. The crown is round. It has thorns 3-15 cm long. The trunk is upright and 30-45 cm across. The bark is thick and has cracks along the length. The leaves are compound and twice divided. The leaflets are opposite and has no leaf stalks. There are 2-5 pairs. The fruit is a curved pod. It is 15-30 cm long. There are yellowish purple marks on the ripe pod. There are 10-24 hard seeds.

The Pantanal region of Brazil, growing on open, flat land that can be inundated for several months of the year.

The pods are cooked and eaten or used as a dry meal. The pods are boiled and crushed and the juice eaten.

Plants are grown from seed. The seed are removed from the ripe pod. They have a hard seed coat that needs to be broken. Fresh seed are planted and germinate in 1-2 weeks.