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Taxon:
Prosopis chilensis
(Molina) Stuntz
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Prosopis
Family:
Fabaceae
(alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Mimoseae
Nomen number:
29747
Place of publication:
Invent. Seeds U.S.D.A. Bur. Pl. Industr. 31:85. 1914
Verified:
11/07/1985
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2
(
2
active,
2
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
(Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Ceratonia chilensis
Molina
Autonym(s)
Prosopis chilensis
(Molina) Stuntz var.
chilensis
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Acacia siliquastrum
Lag.
Prosopis siliquastrum
(Lag.) DC.
No images
Reference(s)
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi.
1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Note:
=
Prosopis chilensis
var.
chilensis
Burkart, A.
1976. A monograph of the genus
Prosopis
(Leguminosae subfam. Mimosoideae). J. Arnold Arbor. 57:495.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Prosopis+chilensis&quantity=1
IPGRI.
New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/databases/new_world_fruits_database/search.html
National Academy of Sciences.
1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future
National Academy of Sciences.
1980. Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production
Pinto, M. & E. Riveros.
1989. Variation of fruit production and quality of different ecotypes of Chilean algarrobo (
Prosopis chilensis
(Mol.) Stunz. In: G. E. Wickens et al., New crops for food and industry. New crops for food and industry 280-287.
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Soukup, J.
1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana. 276.
Vazquez-Garciduenas, S. et al.
2003. Morphological and molecular data to determine the origin and taxonomic status of
Prosopis chilensis
var.
riojana
(Fabaceae, Mimosoideae). Canad. J. Bot. 81:905-917.
Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds.
1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
Common names
English
Chilean algarrobo –
Reference(s)
Chilean mesquite –
Reference(s)
Hawaiian
kiawe –
Reference(s)
Spanish
algarrobo –
Reference(s)
algarrobo blanco –
Reference(s)
algarrobo de Chile –
Reference(s)
mesquite –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Southern America
Southern South America
Argentina
Catamarca
1
Native
Southern America
Southern South America
Argentina
Córdoba
1
Native
Southern America
Southern South America
Argentina
La Rioja
1
Native
Southern America
Southern South America
Argentina
Mendoza
1
Native
Southern America
Southern South America
Argentina
Salta
1
Native
Southern America
Southern South America
Argentina
San Juan
1
Native
Southern America
Southern South America
Argentina
San Luis
1
Native
Southern America
Southern South America
Argentina
Santiago del Estero
1
Native
Southern America
Southern South America
Argentina
Tucumán
1
Native
Southern America
Southern South America
Chile
n. & c.
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Bolivia
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Arequipa
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Cusco
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Lima
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Piura
2
Cultivated
also cult.
Native
Southern America
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia
,
Peru
[Arequipa, Cusco, Lima, Piura]
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina
[Córdoba, Mendoza, Catamarca, La Rioja, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán],
Chile
(n. & c.)
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Animal food
fodder
National Academy of Sciences.
1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future
Environmental
ornamental
National Academy of Sciences.
1980. Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production
Fuels
charcoal
National Academy of Sciences.
1980. Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production
Fuels
fuelwood
National Academy of Sciences.
1980. Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production
Human food
beverage base
made of pods
Soukup, J.
1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana. 276.
Name
References