Prosopis farcta (Banks & Sol.) J.F.Macbr., it is a perennial dwarf shrub, usually 0.4-1 m high, rarely reaches to 2-3 m. the root system and rhizomes can extend to a depth of 15-20 m into the soil. branches slender, whitish, armed with short pointed prickles, distributed on internodes. Leaf bipinnately compound, stipules lateral, caducous, herbaceous, oblong – arcuate, free, 2-3 mm long; rachis 1.8-3.0 cm long, pinnae 3-5 (7) pairs, c. 1.5-2.2 cm long, tip ending into a point, leaflets 9-13 (15) pairs, petiole 1 mm, lamina c. 3 – 7 (9) mm long, c. 1.5 (2.5) mm broad, oblong lanceolate, very oblique, margin entire, tip acute, short hairy. Spike 6-10 cm long, auxiliary, pedunculate, many flowered, cylindrical. Pedicle 1 mm. Calyx c. 0.8 mm long, one fifth to one forth as long as corolla, glabrous, 5- toothed, teeth minute. Corolla (2) 4 – 5 mm, 5- parted, pale yellow; stamens 10, slightly excreted; ovary superior, many ovules, style filiform. Pod indehiscent, oblique, oblong, 1.2-2.5 (-4.0) cm long, 1.2 (-2.3) cm thick, dark brown to black, rugose, obtuse, contracted abruptly into the stalk, with thin or coriaceous exocarp and thick spongy-pulpy mesocarp, 1 or 2 on each fruiting spike. Seeds numerous, compressed, ovoid, separated by cartilaginous or membranous.
Flowering in: Apr-Sept.
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