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PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA [1 record]

Record 1 2016-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

Large shrub or small tree, to 30 ft., with large, deep root. [...] Important as bee plants, and as range food plants, the seeds and young shoots are eaten by cattle; the seeds were also made into flour by American Indians and early settlers. (Arizona, south California, north Mexico)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Cette variété n'a pas été trouvée dans les sources françaises. En français les Prosopis sont des «mesquites» ici il s'agirait d'un «mesquite glanduleux».

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