Prosopis farcta

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Prosopis farcta
Leaves and fruits

Leaves and fruits

Systematics
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Order : Fabales (Fabales)
Family : Legumes (Fabaceae)
Subfamily : Mimosa family (Mimosoideae)
Genre : Prosopis
Type : Prosopis farcta
Scientific name
Prosopis farcta
( Banks & Sol. ) JFMacbr.
inflorescence
fruit

Prosopis farcta is a species of plant from the subfamily of the mimosa family (Mimosoideae).

features

Prosopis farcta is a low, bushy tree. The branches are thin, downy and whitish. There are sharp thorns on your interdnodes . The leaves are bipinnate. Each leaf has 3 to 5 pairs of pinnate leaves of the first order, which are about 1.5 to 2.2 inches long. The leaflets of the first order consist of 9 to 13 pairs of leaflets of the second order. The stipules are free and arranged laterally and 2 to 3 millimeters long. The leaf spindle (rachis) is 1.8 to 3 centimeters long, the petiole 1 millimeter. Leaf blade is about 6 millimeters long and 1.5 millimeters wide, lanceolate, very unequal, entire and pointed. The ears are 6 to 10 millimeters long. The flower stalk is 1 millimeter long. The calyx is about 0.8 millimeters long and bare. The calyx teeth are tiny. The crown measures approximately 2 millimeters or more. The legumes measure 1.2 to 2.5, rarely up to 4.0 centimeters in length and 1.2, rarely up to 2.3 centimeters in thickness. They are elongated, crooked, black, dull, wrinkled and suddenly contract towards the stem. The mesocarp is mushy.

The flowering period extends from April to September.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 28 or 56.

Occurrence

The distribution area includes Cyprus, Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, West Pakistan and parts of Russia.

Systematics

Synonyms are:

  • Mimosa farcta Banks & Sol.
  • Mimosa stephaniana M. Bieb.
  • Prosopis stephaniana (M. Bieb.) Kunth ex Sprengel

use

Camels, sheep and goats eat young plant parts. The seeds are said to have medicinal effects.

literature

  • SI Ali: Prosopis farcta. In: Flora of Pakistan, Vol. 36 ( online ).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Prosopis farcta at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

Web links

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