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VELVET MESQUITE
Prosopis velutina
General Notes
Utility friendly tree. Smaller tree than P. glandulosa. Handsome desert shade tree with proper pruning and age. Native to Arizona, Texas, and Mexico.
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- Prosopis velutina - Fabaceae
- Synonyms: Prosopis juliflora var. velutina
Prosopis chilensis var. velutina
Common Names: Velvet Mesquite, Arizona Mesquite - Native To: Arizona, Texas, and Mexico
- Habit: Spreading
Has Deciduous foliage. - Shape: Rounded, Umbrella or Vase
- Sunset Zones: 10 - 13 and 18 - 24
- Exposure: Full Sun
- Water Needs: Dry Soil
- Soil Type: Loam or Sand
- Soil pH: Neutral to Highly Alkaline
- Salinity Tolerance: Good Inland
- Seaside Tolerance: Not Suited
- Height: 20 feet
- Growth Rate: 24 Inches per Season
- Landscape Use: Screen
- Longevity: 50 to 150 years
- Leaves: Bipinnately Compound Gray Green or Medium Green. Bronze or Gold in Fall. Deciduous.
- Flowers: Yellow. Flowers in Summer. Has perfect flowers (male and female parts in each flower).
- Fruit: Brown Pod, Very Large (Over 3.00 inches), fruiting in Fall. Edible.
- Bark: Dark Brown or Red Brown, Exfoliating, Furrowed or Scaly
- Shading Capacity: Rated as Low in Leaf and Low out of Leaf.
- Branch Strength: Rated as Medium
- Litter Issue: Dry Fruit
- Root Damage Potential: Rated as Low
- Health Hazard: None Known
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SelecTree. "Prosopis velutina Tree Record." 1995-2012. May 22, 2013.
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