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Neltuma
Also called African Mesquites, Old World Mesquites
Neltuma is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family (Fabaceae). It includes 43 species native to the Americas, which were previously placed in genus Prosopis. The species range from the southwestern and central United States through Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America to southern Argentina and Uruguay. Along with related species in the genus Strombocarpa, some species are known as mesquites.
Neltuma species have been found to contain 5-hydroxytryptamine, apigenin, isorhamnetin-3-diglucoside, l-arabinose, quercetin, tannin, and tryptamine.
The tannins present in Neltuma species are of the pyrogallotannin and pyrocatecollic types. The tannins are mainly found in the bark and wood, while their concentration in the pods is low.
Mesquite · Algarrobo Blanco · Chilean Algarrobo · Neltuma flexuosa · Mesquite · Smooth Mesquite · Neltuma affinis · Neltuma caldenia · Jand · Syrian mesquite · Neltuma glandulosa · Prosopis humilis
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