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Updated 10/7/2012

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HAWAII - NATURALIZED

Prosopis juliflora 

 

Lagoon Drive, Oahu

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.