Species details

Accepted scientific name:

Prosopis chilensis (Molina)Stuntz (accepted name)

Synonyms:

Acacia siliquastrum (Cav.)Lag. (synonym)

Ceratonia chilensis Molina (synonym)

Mimosa siliquastrum Cav. (synonym)

Prosopis schinopoma Stuck. (synonym)

Prosopis siliquastrum DC. (synonym)

Infraspecies:

Prosopis chilensis var. catamarcana Burkart

Prosopis chilensis var. chilensis (Molina)Stuntz

Prosopis chilensis var. riojana Burkart

Common names:

Algarrobo Spanish

Algarrobo Blanco

Algarrobo de Chile

Algarrobo Panta

Arbol Blanco

Capesi

Cupesi

Kabuli Kikkar (Hi)

Mesquite

Tcako

Vilayati Babul (Hi)

Vilayati Khejra (Hi)

Vilayati Kikkar (Hi)

Classification:

Plantae

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Phylum Magnoliophyta

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Class Magnoliopsida

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Order Fabales

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Family Fabaceae

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Genus Prosopis

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Distribution:

South Yemen (introduced); Saudi Arabia (introduced); Peru (native); Myanmar (introduced); India (introduced); Chile (native); Bolivia (native); Argentina (native)

Additional data:

Climbing: Not climbing, Conservation Status: Not Threatened, Habit: Tree, Lifespan: Perennial

Source database:

ILDIS World Database of Legumes, 10.01, May 2007

Latest taxonomic scrutiny:

–

Online resource:

http://www.ildis.org/...


CoL taxon LSID:

urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e68693b6-29c1-102b-9a4a-00304854f820:ac2008


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