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Updated 10/7/2012
Family Fabaceae
HAWAII - NATURALIZED
Prosopis juliflora
BIG-THORN ALGAROBA or MESQUITE KIAWE
Small tree with slightly zigzag branches of coastal plains near
Honolulu Airport. Hairless leaves have 1 to 2 pairs of pinnae, 12 to 25
pairs of leaflets 6 to 16mm long, spines exceeding one inch. Native to
the Tropical Americas. Prosopis
pallida has fewer leaflets and shorter spines. |
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