Prosopis chilensis

(Chilean mesquite)

deciduous

• hardy
• Reflective heat, sun
• average watering, dry, drought resistant
• fast growing
• Serious thorns when young, cinnamon interior bark new bark green, nice shade, long leaf period.
• Flowers in spring with yellow flower curved seedpods, stiff leaflets more widely spaced, open ferny.
• low maintenance.
• Medium patio tree, also city/street.
• Transitional, tropical, desert plant.