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Taxon:
Prosopis pallida
(Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Kunth
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Prosopis
Family:
Fabaceae
(alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Mimoseae
Nomen number:
313266
Place of publication:
F. W. H. A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. gen. sp. 6:244[folio]; 6:309[quarto]. 1824
Verified:
09/04/2007
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Acacia pallida
Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Prosopis limensis
Benth.
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Reference(s)
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi.
1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Burkart, A.
1976. A monograph of the genus
Prosopis
(Leguminosae subfam. Mimosoideae). J. Arnold Arbor. 57:486.
Fagg, C. W. & J. L. Stewart.
1994. The value of
Acacia
and
Prosopis
in arid and semi-arid environments. J. Arid Environm. 27:9.
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+pallida&quantity=1
Holm, L. et al.
1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
Killeen, T. J. et al.
1993. Guia de arboles de Bolivia
Lazarides, M. & B. Hince.
1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
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
Plant Protection and Quarantine Office.
United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Federal noxious weed list (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/permits/noxiousweed_list.html
Rico, L. & T. Pennington.
2012. Review of
Fabaceae
Neotropical Mimosoideae data for
World Economic Plants
, ed. 2. pers. comm.
Common names
Hawaiian
kiawe –
Reference(s)
Spanish
algarrobo –
Reference(s)
algarrobo americano –
Reference(s)
huarango –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Bolivia
Chuquisaca
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Native
Southern America
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia
[Chuquisaca],
Colombia
,
Ecuador
,
Peru
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Animal food
forage
Lazarides, M. & B. Hince.
1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
Bee plants
honey production
Fagg, C. W. & J. L. Stewart.
1994. The value of
Acacia
and
Prosopis
in arid and semi-arid environments. J. Arid Environm. 27:9.
Environmental
revegetator
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
Materials
tannin/dyestuff
Rico, L. & T. Pennington.
2012. Review of
Fabaceae
Neotropical Mimosoideae data for
World Economic Plants
, ed. 2. pers. comm.
Materials
wood
National Academy of Sciences.
1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future
Weed
Holm, L. et al.
1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
Weed
fide Burkart, J Arn Arb 57:488. 1976
Burkart, A.
1976. A monograph of the genus
Prosopis
(Leguminosae subfam. Mimosoideae). J. Arnold Arbor. 57:486.
Name
References