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Chilean mesquite
Neltuma chilensis
Neltuma chilensis
Chilean mesquite Pea Family
Neltuma chilensis Fabaceae
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English common name
  •Chilean mesquite
Spanish common names
  •algarrobo
  •algarrobo chileno
  •algarrobo blanco
accepted scientific name
  •Neltuma chilensis (Molina) C.E.Hughes & G.P.Lewis
rules for finding collection records
  Prosopis chilensis (173)
  Neltuma chilensis (110)
family name
  • Fabaceae

Category: Broadleaf Trees
Flowers: No obvious petals, Five petals, Spike cluster of flowers
Petal colors: color
Leaf: Alternate, Compound
Plant Observed All Year

How Likely at this Location (30%)
Name Match (100%)
Plant Showiness (54%)
base map where plant found
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Riparian
Disturbed
Desert
Wetland
Sand
Salt Marsh
Rocky
Meadow
Grassland
Native Plant Status
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native Native
native Not Present