Prosopis cineraria
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Prosopis cineraria

Prosopis cineraria

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Prosopis cineraria is a small thorny, irregularly branched, evergreen tree with a thin, open crown; it can grow to about 6.5 metres tall[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. , 414 Title Forest, Farm, and Community Tree Network Publication Author Website http://www.winrock.org/fnrm/factnet/factnet.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A series of in-depth factsheets on a wide range of plants, especially leguminous trees. , 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 crooked bole is up to 30cm in diameter[ 418 Title Ecocrop Publication Author Website http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available. ]. The tree has a wide range of uses, being harvested from the wild for food, medicine and various commodities[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ]. It is also cultivated in arid and semi-arid regions of the tropics and subtropics as an agro-forestry tree and for soil stabilization. It has been tested in large scale trials in Yemen as a drought resistant tree that can be used as a windbreak against sandstorms[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeW. Asia - Arabian Peninsula, southern Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.
HabitatA characteristic tree of secondary dry deciduous forest, desert thorn forest, ravine thorn forest, Zizyphus scrub, and desert dune scrub[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ].