Prosopis pubescens - Screwbean mesquite

Screwbean mesquite (Prosopis pubescens) is a nitrogen-fixing deciduous shrub or small tree native to the arid Southwest of North America, its tightly coiled pods ground into flour, a sweet gruel, or syrup.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Full sun¹
• Well drained soil¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Medicinal use¹
• Wood¹
• Fuel¹

Type

• Prosopis spp. - Mesquite
• Shrub
• Tree
• Deciduous

Functions

• Nitrogen fixer¹
• Fire resistance²

Footnotes

1. Prosopis pubescens | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩