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Prosopis glandulosa, Western honey mesquite, honey mesquite
thorny deep-rooted drought-resistant shrub native to southwestern United States and Mexico bearing pods rich in sugar and important as livestock feed; tends to form extensive thickets
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Prosopis juliflora, Prosopis juliiflora, algarroba
mesquite of Gulf Coast and Caribbean Islands from Mexico to Venezuela
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Prosopis pubescens, screw bean, screwbean, screwbean mesquite, tornillo
shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods
