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Prosopis glandulosa (Mesquite, Honey mesquite)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Fabales > Family: Fabaceae > Subfamily: Mimosoideae > Genus: Leucaena

Prosopis glandulosa (Mesquite, Honey mesquite)

Flowers and leaves of the invasive alien tree, Mesquite, Prosopis gladulosa, south of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]