EcoFlora - Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana

Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana (L. Benson) M.C. Johnston (redirected from: Prosopis odorata Torr. & Frém.)
Family: Fabaceae western honey mesquite, more... [Prosopis glandulosa subsp. torreyana (L.D.Benson) E.Murray, more] Leslie Landrum	Plants of Gila Wild Resources Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences and the Dale A. Zimmerman Herbarium The flowers are light yellow in drooping spikes and develop into long somewhat constricted fruits. The fruits consist of a legume with a thin outer covering (hull or exocarp) with somewhat an amorphous mealy material (called the mesocarp) coating a white to yellow second covering around a brown seed. The leaves are actually compound, with usually 2 pinnae each having up to 30 leaflets. At the junction of the pinnae can be found a small extra floral nectary or gland. Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana grows at lower to middle elevations in most any habitat.
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