Scientific Name: Prosopis glandulosa
?Deciduous tree
?Native to Chihuahuan Desert
?Pollinated by bees
?Pods are eaten by bruchid beetle larvae and many large animals
?When pods pass through an animals digestive track germination is assisted, without this a few years is needed to release the seeds
?Bloom in spring and sometimes again in midsummer
?The root system is the deepest documented
?The wood is great for furniture, but it is expensive because of habitat loss
?The inner wood was used by Indians and early settlers for basketry, fabrics, and medicine
?The gum from the stems is used to make candy gumdrops, mucilage for pottery mending and black dye
?Grows 10-30 ft tall

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