Prosopis calingastana

Species

Prosopis calingastana Burkart

Family

Fabaceae

Subfamily

Mimosoideae

NOTE

NOTE: Only two seeds of Prosopis calingastana were available for examination. Therefore, the description and images in this fact sheet may not be representative of this species’ seeds.

Common names

mesquite

Description

Pods linear, subfalcate or arched, 5–10 cm long, 6–11 mm wide, 5–6 mm thick. Apex short-tapered, with a rounded tip; margins thickened, straight to uneven, nonundulate. Reddish-brown, with striate veins; seed chambers 6–9. Endocarp segments ovate, thin, both faces convex. Seeds oriented longitudinal-obliquely.

Seeds obovate or D-shaped in outline, ca. 6.5–9 mm long, 4.4–5.5 mm wide. Pleurogram average in size. Lens sunken.

Distribution

Argentina

Habitat

arid gulches at ca. 2500 m elevation

General information

Prosopis calingastana is a spiny, low shrub, less than 1 m tall, quite localized and rare.