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  • COMMON NAME: Mesquite
  • ARABIC: غويف، غويفه
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC.
  • SYNONYMS: Mimosa juliflora SW. , Prosopis chilensis Stuntz.
  • FAMILY: FABACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Ajman , Umm-Al-Quwain , Ras-Al-Khaimah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M) Fodder (F) Fruits (F) Apiculture (A) Other Uses (O)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Shrubs Tree
  • HABITATS: Terrace Wadi Wadi Slope
  • TYPES: Perennial
  • REMARKS: Plants used by honeybees for nectar collection for honey production. invasive plant that needs monitoring and management. Allergenic, competes in natural habitats with the native prosopis cineraria.
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://wildutahedibles.com/product/honey-mesquite-prosopis-jul https://www.biolib.cz/en/image/id55036/ Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE. 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.
Highly salt tolerant up to half seawater salinity, ornamental and forage tree with several known folk medicinal use. Honey nectar plants. wood provides good fuel. could be of use in charcoal production.
Shrub or small tree, 2-6 meter high, generally armed with stipular spines and glabrous foliage. Leaves bipinnate, with 1-3 pinnae pairs; rachis 1-8 cm long; leaflets opposite, 10-22 pairs, 6-16 mm long, 2-3 mm wide, entire, oblong, obtuse, Stipules spiny, 5-10 mm long. Inflorescence a dense spike, 5-10 cm long, 1 cm broad. Flowers greenish-yellow, 4-5 mm long. Pedicel 1 mm long. Calyx 1-1.5 mm long, cup-shaped, 5 toothed, slightly ciliate. Petals 5, free, 2-3 mm long, hairy. Stamens 10, free, exerted; filaments 3-7 mm long; anthers yellowish. Pod straw-colored, 6-20 cm long and 6-10 mm wide, straight or curved, somewhat torulose, with a slight beak at apex. Flowering from March-May. It is also blooming again in autumn.
Plantations, wadi and roadside.
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