Fauna & Flora Index

 
 
Prosopis Glandulosa  

Family:
Scientific Name: Prosopis glandulosa
Common names: Mosquite
SANTN:
Description:
Medical uses:
Superstition uses:
Nutritive uses: Animals feed on the leaves and the long seed pods are popular with both animals and tribal people.
Other uses:
Interesting Facts: Originally imported as a fodder tree by the colonial Germans of German South West Africa, from Mexico. Today found all over Southern Africa.
Credits: