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  • COMMON NAME: Syrian mesquite
  • ARABIC: ينبوت، خرنوب
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Prosopis farcta ( Bank & Sol. ) Macbr
  • SYNONYMS: Mimosa farctumBanks et Sol.
  • FAMILY: FABACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Fruits (F) Apiculture (A)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Shrubs
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
  • REMARKS: Plants used by honeybees for nectar collection for honey production. propagated by suckers from roots and by seeds distributed inside light, corky pods by wind and water.
Flora of the United Arab Emirates V1 & 2, Fawzi M.Karim, Nael M.Fawzi; reviewed by Fatima Al-Ansary. Al-Ain: United Arab Emirates University, 2007. V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021. https://www.floraofqatar.com/prosopis_farcta.htm M.V.D jongbloed, G.R. Fuelner, B. Boer, A.R. Western. the comprehensive guide to the wild flowers of the United Arab Emirates. Environmental research and wildlife Development agency, Abu Dhabi, 2003.
Honey nectar plants.

Dwarf, gray shrub, spiny, pubescent, usually branching, more or less from base, 30-70 cm high. Leaves alternate, paripinnate compound of 3-6 pairs, and each pinnae of 5-10, linear-oblong, acute, leaflets 2-4 mm long, and about 1 mm wide. Petioles short, hairy. Inflorescence 3-8 cm long, cylindrical, spikes of pedicellate, yellow-golden flowers, 3-5 mm long. Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla 3-4 mm long, 5 parted, longer than calyx. Stamens 10, free. Fruit a corky, swollen ovoid or oblong-cylindrical purplish pod, 2-4 cm long, with a short pointed beak. Seeds few, dark brown. Flowering from March-April.  

Sandy and gravelly soil.
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