 Best Sellers Honey Mesquite, Mesquite Prosopis glandulosa Detailed Listing For Botanical Name: Prosopis glandulosa Common Name: Honey Mesquite, Mesquite Germination Test Type:  Cut (Full Seed) Collection Locale: California
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Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6 Harvest hemisphere: Northern In Stock: 6.89 lb Prices Items are priced on a curve, you can buy any 'bulk quantity' up to what we have in stock, some examples are: 1 packet (~ 0 seeds) $6.95 1 oz (~ 444 seeds) $20.00 1 lb (~ 7100 seeds) $205.00 1 kg (~ 15653 seeds) $438.48 | | | Growing Info, follow in order: Scarification: Soak in hot tap water, let stand in water for 24 hours. Stratification: none required. Germination: sow seed 3/4" deep, tamp the soil, keep moist, mulch the seed bed. Other: if boiling water treatment does not allow seed to imbibe, sulfuric acid treatment is required. | In a Nutshell: * Prosopis glandulosa, commonly known as honey mesquite, is a species of small to medium-sized, thorny shrub or tree in the legume family (Fabaceae). * The plant is primarily native to the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico. Its range extends into southern Kansasand eastern Texas, where average annual rainfall is in excess of 40 inches (100 cm * Prosopis glandulosa has rounded big and floppy, drooping branches with feathery foliage and straight, paired spines on twigs. This tree normally reaches 20–30 ft (6.1–9.1 m), but can grow as tall as 50 ft (15 m). It is considered to have a medium growth rate. * Prosopis glandulosa has been intentionally introduced into at least a half-dozen countries. The IUCN considers it as one of the world's 100 worst invasive species outside its native habitat range. * Prosopis glandulosa shrubs and trees provide shelter and nest building material for wildlife, and produce seed pods in abundance containing beans that are a seasonal food for diverse birds and small mammal species. As the common name indicates, Honey mesquite is a honey plant that supports native pollinator species of bees and other insects, and cultivated honey bees. It is a larval host for the Long-tailed Skipper and Reakirt's Blue butterfly. * Mesquite flour contains abundant protein and carbohydrates, and can be used in recipes as a substitute for wheat flour. * In Namibia, although an invasive species, it has qualities that have made it useful for humans, including: growing extremely rapidly there, having very dense shade, abundantly producing seed pods, and a readily available firewood. * The indigenous peoples of California and southwestern North America used parts of Prosopis glandulosa as a medicinal plant, food source, building and tools material, and fuel. The Cahuilla ate the blossoms and pods, which were ground into meal for cake. * Historically, it was a very important wild food plant because it fruits even during drought years.
* The hard wood is prized for making tools and arrow points, and for the unique flavor it lends to foods cooked over it. more... |
[ edit ] Description Honey mesquite has rounded big and floppy, drooping branches with feathery foliage and straight, paired spines on twigs. This tree normally reaches 20–30 ft (6.1–9.1 m), but can grow as tall as 50 ft (15 m). It is considered to have a medium growth rate. Honey mesquite coppices due to latent buds underground, making permanent removal difficult. A single- trunked tree that is cut down will soon be replaced by a multi-trunked version. [ 3 ] It flowers from March to November, with pale, yellow, elongated spikes and bears straight, yellow seedpods . The seeds are eaten by a variety of animals, such as scaled quail . Other animals, including deer , collared peccaries , and jackrabbits , feed on both pods and vegetation. [ 4 ] |
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