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Strombocarpa abbreviata

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree
Water
Drought tolerant
Native range
NW. Argentina
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Strombocarpa abbreviata, commonly known as the algarrobillo espinoso, is a species of flowering plant in the pea family, Fabaceae. It was previously known as Prosopis abbreviata.

The species is endemic to Argentina and found in semi-arid and arid areas scrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Other Prosopis plants

Mesquite · Algarrobo Blanco · Chilean Algarrobo · Neltuma flexuosa · Mesquite · Smooth Mesquite · Mesquite · Neltuma affinis · Neltuma caldenia · Jand · Syrian mesquite · Neltuma glandulosa

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Strombocarpa abbreviata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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