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Prosopis juliflora (mesquite; Bayahonda Blanca; Cambron; Mostrenco; Epinard; Cashaw; Bayarone Francais; Bayarone; Bayahonde; Bayahonda; Algarrobe)

Synonyms:
Language: Hindi

Wikipedia Abstract

Prosopis juliflora (Spanish: bayahonda blanca, Cuji [Venezuela], yosú [Wayuunaikii, Indigenous name]) is a shrub or small tree in the family Fabaceae, a kind of mesquite. It is native to Mexico, South America and the Caribbean. It has become established as an invasive weed in Africa, Asia, Australia and elsewhere.
View Wikipedia Record: Prosopis juliflora

Infraspecies

Prosopis juliflora var. horrida
Prosopis juliflora var. juliflora (Mesquite)

Invasive Species

View ISSG Record: Prosopis juliflora

Attributes

Air Quality Improvement [1]  None
Allergen Potential [1]  High
Carbon Capture [1]  Low
Shade Percentage [1]  80 %
Temperature Reduction [1]  Low
Wind Reduction [1]  Medium-Low
Janka Hardness [3]  2940 lbf (1334 kgf) Very Hard
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Lifespan [4]  Perennial
Specific Gravity [5]  0.86
Structure [2]  Tree
Height [1]  26 feet (7.8 m)
Width [1]  27 feet (8.3 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 8 Low Temperature: 10 F° (-12.2 C°) → 20 F° (-6.7 C°)
Hardiness Zone Maximum [1]  USDA Zone: 11 Low Temperature: 40 F° (4.4 C°) → 50 F° (10 C°)
Water Use [1]  Moderate to Low

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Al Wathba Wetland Reserve 1236 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates      
Archipelago de Colon Biosphere Reserve 34336011 Galapagos Islands, Ecuador  
Palo Verde National Park II 46190 Costa Rica  
Santa Rosa National Park II 95780 Costa Rica

Predators

Providers

Pollinated by 
Tapinoma melanocephalum (Ghost ant)[23]

Consumers

Shelter for 
Tlacuatzin canescens (Gray Mouse Opossum)[24]

Range Map

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database.
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
♦ 4USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 5WOOD SPECIFIC GRAVITY IN SPECIES FROM TWO TROPICAL FORESTS IN MEXICO, Josefina Barajas-Morales, IAWA Bulletin n.s., Vol. 8 (2), 1987 143-148
♦ 6Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 7Red-fronted Macaw, BirdLife International (1992) Threatened Birds of the Americas. Cambridge, UK: BirdLife International.
♦ 8Baiomys taylori, Bruce D. Eshelman and Guy N. Cameron, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 285, pp. 1-7 (1987)
♦ 9Boselaphus tragocamelus, DAVID M. LESLIE, JR., MAMMALIAN SPECIES 813:1–16 (2008)
♦ 106.2 Golden jackal, Canis aureus, Y.V. Jhala and P.D. Moehlman, Sillero-Zubiri, C., Hoffmann, M. and Macdonald, D.W. (eds). 2004. Canids: Foxes, Wolves, Jackals and Dogs. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. x + 430 pp.
♦ 11Chaetodipus hispidus, Deborah D. Paulson, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 320, pp. 1-4 (1988)
♦ 12Chaetodipus penicillatus, Stacy J. Mantooth and Troy L. Best, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 767, pp. 1–7 (2005)
♦ 13Testing Models of Optimal Diet Assembly by the Generalist Herbivorous Lizard Cnemidophorus murinus, M. Denise Dearing and Jos. J. Schall, Ecology, 73(3), 1992, pp. 845-858
♦ 14Hummingbirds and the plants they visit in the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Biosphere Reserve, Mexico, Raúl Ortiz-Pulido, S. Anaid Díaz, Oscar I. Valle-Díaz and Ana D. Fisher, Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 83: 152-163, 2012
♦ 15Dipodomys ordii, Tom E. Garrison and Troy L. Best, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 353, pp. 1-10 (1990)
♦ 16del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 17Comparative Ecology of Galapagos Ground Finches (Geospiza Gould): Evaluation of the Importance of Floristic Diversity and Interspecific Competition, Ian Abbott, L. K. Abbott, P. R. Grant, Ecological Monographs, Vol. 47, No. 2, (Spring, 1977), pp. 151-184
♦ 18Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 19Lepus alleni, Troy L. Best and Travis Hill Henry, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 424, pp. 1-8 (1993)
♦ 203.8 Sechuran fox, Pseudalopex sechurae, C. Asa and E.D. Cossíos, Sillero-Zubiri, C., Hoffmann, M. and Macdonald, D.W. (eds). 2004. Canids: Foxes, Wolves, Jackals and Dogs. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. x + 430 pp.
♦ 21Food Habits of Rodents Inhabiting Arid and Semi-arid Ecosystems of Central New Mexico, ANDREW G. HOPE AND ROBERT R. PARMENTER, Special Publication of the Museum of Southwestern Biology, NUMBER 9, pp. 1–75 (2007)
♦ 22Spermophilus tereticaudus, Kristina A. Ernest and Michael A. Mares, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 274, pp. 1-9 (1987)
♦ 23Flower-visiting insects of the Galapagos Islands, McCullen, C. K. 1993. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 69:95-106
♦ 24Marmosa canescens, Heliot Zarza, Gerardo Ceballos, and Michael A. Steele, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 725, pp. 1–4 (2003)
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