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Prosopis flexuosa : ウィキペディア英語版
Prosopis flexuosa

''Prosopis flexuosa'', commonly known as tortuous mesquite and a variety of Spanish vernacular names including algarrobo dulce and algarrobo negro, is a species of flowering tree in the genus ''Prosopis'' of the family Fabaceae. It is found in arid and semi-arid regions of Argentina, Bolivia and Chile, including the western Gran Chaco and the Monte Desert, where it is a conspucuous and characteristic plant of the region.〔 Its timber is used for construction, charcoal and fuel and its fruits are eaten by humans and livestock.
==Description==
''Prosopis flexuosa'' has several varieties exhibiting different growth forms, appearing either as trees (arboreal form) or shrubs. The arboreal form, ''Prosopis flexuosa'' var. ''flexuosa'' is a medium-sized, deciduous tree growing to a height of up to . It has a short trunk and long branches which often grow horizontally and turn up at the ends. The shrub forms (var. ''depressa'' and ''fruticosa'') consist of numerous branches reaching heights of The leaves have stems and are up to long. They are somewhat leathery and are pinnate with nine to seventeen pairs of leaflets. A pair (occasionally one) of strong thorns long grow in the axils of each leaf.
The flowers are in dense racemes long each containing about two hundred yellowish individual flowers. They are followed by long yellow pods with purplish blotches, which have twisted margins and contain a variable number of seeds.〔 The sugar content of the seeds varies with the soil conditions and the area in which the tree is grown but the seeds are usually sweet, though sometimes bitter.

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