Kiawe - Prosopis pallida

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• Planted in 1828.
• Originally planted by Father Bachelot from the Royal Gardens in Paris.
• Originating in Peru, Columbia, and Ecuador.
• Tough wood.

    Source: (Majesty II, 1991)

• Can grow up to 50 ft. high.
  
• Thrives in hot, dry locations in deep soils.
• There is also a thornless for of this tree.

    Source: (Rauch, 2000)

• Also known as algaroba or mesquite in other places,
  
• Shade tree and source of nectar for honeybees.

    Source: (Wageman, 2008)