Fabaceae FAMILY Data Deficient

Prosopis affinis

Edibility

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Medicinal

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Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Prosopis affinis is a small to medium sized deciduous tree with a flat-topped canopy, growing 2 - 8 metres tall[ 491 Title Journal of the Arnold Arboretum Vol. 57 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Harvard University Year 1976 ISBN Description A botanical magazine, this issue has a comprehensive treatment of the genus Prosopis as well as several other articles. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The tree is much and irregularly branched with a short bole 50 - 60cm in diameter[ 491 Title Journal of the Arnold Arboretum Vol. 57 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Harvard University Year 1976 ISBN Description A botanical magazine, this issue has a comprehensive treatment of the genus Prosopis as well as several other articles. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its timber, and has been recommended for reforestation projects. It is in semi-cultivation as a fodder plant; for the production of durable fence posts in South America; and it is planted in Hawaii for the production of honey[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ]. The species' range is large but declining as a result of increasing agriculture and cattle ranching, as well as other activities. The plant is classified as 'Data Deficient' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate; tropical

Native RangeS. America - Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru.

HabitatAn important campos-tree, forming light forests with a herbaceous understorey rich in grasses[ 491 Title Journal of the Arnold Arboretum Vol. 57 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Harvard University Year 1976 ISBN Description A botanical magazine, this issue has a comprehensive treatment of the genus Prosopis as well as several other articles. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. An important tree in open forests covering a grass swath; found on stony soils, flat meadows, riverside forests, prefers humid/flooded places[ 375 Title Grassland Species - Profiles Publication Author Website http://www.fao.org/ag/AGP/AGPC/doc/Gbase/Default.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse information on over 650 species of plants that grow in grassland, including trees, shrubs and perennial plants as well as grasses. Gives a brief description of the plant, its range and habitat and some of its uses. ].