Fabaceae FAMILY

Prosopis ferox

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Prosopis ferox is a spiny shrub or small tree growing 2 - 7 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. ]. It has a short bole that can be up to 1 metre 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 sometimes harvested from the wild as a local source of wood and fuel.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - northwestern Argentina, southern Bolivia.

HabitatA tree of semidesert vegetation that is rich in cacti, where it is often the only tree species found growing[ 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. ]. It is found at elevations from 2,400 - 3,700 metres, though it descends much lower in the south of its range[ 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. ].