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Prosopis velutina
About
Neltuma velutina, commonly known as velvet mesquite, is a small to medium-sized tree. It is a legume adapted to a dry, desert climate. Though considered to be a noxious weed in states outside its natural range, it plays a vital role in the ecology of the Sonoran Desert.
- Family
- Fabaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Prosopis velutina
- Slug
- prosopis-velutina
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Prosopis
- Species
- velutina
- Wikidata QID
- Q3848694
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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