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''Prosopis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. It contains around 45 species of spiny trees and shrubs found in subtropical and tropical regions of the Americas, Africa, Western Asia, and South Asia. They often thrive in arid soil and are resistant to drought, on occasion developing extremely deep root systems. Their wood is usually hard, dense and durable. Their fruits are pods and may contain large amounts of sugar. The generic name means "burdock" in late Latin and originated in the Greek language. ==Selected species== *Mesquites (southern United States, Mexico) * * ''Prosopis glandulosa'' Torr. – honey mesquite; ''Haas'' (Cmiique Iitom) * * ''Prosopis laevigata'' (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) M.C.Johnst. – smooth mesquite * * ''Prosopis pubescens'' Benth. – screwbean mesquite * * ''Prosopis reptans'' Benth. – tornillo * * ''Prosopis velutina'' Wooton – velvet mesquite *"Algarrobos", bayahondas etc. (Neotropics, particularly the Gran Chaco) * * ''Prosopis abbreviata'' Benth. – algarrobillo espinoso * * ''Prosopis affinis'' Spreng. – nandubay, algarrobillo, espinillo, Ibopé-morotí * * ''Prosopis alba'' Griseb. – algarrobo blanco; ''ibopé'' or ''igopé'' (Guaraní) * * ''Prosopis caldenia'' Burkart – caldén * * ''Prosopis chilensis'' (Molina) Stuntz – algarrobo Chileno, algarrobo blanco * * ''Prosopis fiebrigii'' Harms * * ''Prosopis flexuosa'' DC. – alpataco, algarrobo negro * * ''Prosopis hassleri'' Harms * * ''Prosopis juliflora'' (Sw.) DC. – bayahonda blanca, bayarone Français; ''kabuli kikar, vilayati babul, vilayati khejra'' or ''vilayati kikar'' (Hindi); ''trupillo'' or ''turpío'' (Wayuunaiki) * * ''Prosopis kuntzei'' Harms ex Kuntze – itín, barba de tigre, carandá, palo mataco * * ''Prosopis nigra'' (Griseb.) Hieron. – algarrobo negro, algarrobo amarillo, algarrobo dulce, algarrobo morado * * ''Prosopis pallida'' (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Kunth – American carob, ''huarango, kiawe'' (Hawaiian) * * ''Prosopis rojasiana'' Burkart * * ''Prosopis ruscifolia'' Griseb. – vinal * * ''Prosopis strombulifera'' (Lam.) Benth. – creeping mesquite, Argentine screwbean * * ''Prosopis tamarugo'' Phil. – tamarugo *African species * * ''Prosopis africana'' (Guill. & Perr.) Taub. – ''gele'' (Malinke, traditional ''djembe'' wood) *Asian species (India, mainly Rajasthan, Sri Lanka to the Arabian Peninsula) * * ''Prosopis cineraria'' (L.) Druce – jand; ''ghaf'' (Arabic); ''sami'' or ''sumri'' (Gujarati); ''khejri'', ''sangri'' (Rajasthani); ''kandi'' (Sindhi) * * ''Prosopis farcta'' (Sol. ex Russell) J.F.Macbr. * * ''Prosopis spicigera'' (L.) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Prosopis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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