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- Prosopis_alba abstract "For other tree species with similar names, see Algarrobo (disambiguation).Prosopis alba is a South American tree species that grows in central Argentina, the Gran Chaco ecoregion, and part of the Argentine Mesopotamia, as well as Bolivia, Paraguay, and Peru. It is known as algarrobo blanco in Spanish, which means \"white carob tree\". Spanish settlers gave it that name because of its similarity to the European carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua). Other common names come from Guaraní, including ibopé and igopé.Prosopis alba is a medium-sized tree, measuring between 5 and 15 m (16 and 49 ft), in height and 1 m (3.3 ft) in diameter, though such tall specimens occur very rarely at present. The trunk is short and the treetop is globular, sometimes reaching 10 m (33 ft) in diameter. The bark is thin, brown-grayish in colour, with streaks, and it has tanning properties.The tree is employed for ornamental and utilitary roadside planting and windbreaks. Its timber, which is rather dense (relative density = 0.76) and difficult to work, is used for doors and floors, for furniture, for paving blocks, shoe lasts and wine casks (where it replaces the European oak). The wood responds well to drying and is therefore valuable for work that requires stable dimensions regardless of humidity. It is also durable for outdoor use.The flowers are small, greenish-white or yellowish, and bisexual. Pollination, mediated by wind and insects, is allogamous (crossed), since the female reproductive organs are turned active before the male ones.The fruits are modified seedpods, 20 cm (7.9 in) long, with brown seeds about 7 mm (0.28 in) long. They contain a sweet floury paste (patay), very high in energy, that can be used for fodder or turned into flour for human consumption. In the 1940s a mildly intoxicating beverage called aloja was made from it through fermentation; in turn it was sometimes distilled to produce ethanol. Between half and three quarters of the fruit's weight is sugar.The tree can reportedly tolerate drought, salt and sand; in fact, it is extremely efficient with regards to water consumption, it produces the most fruits in years of drought and has been successfully introduced in arid terrains. However, it cannot stand even mild frost.P. alba and other algarrobo species in genus Prosopis, such as algarrobo negro (P. nigra), are often confused or not correctly distinguished in botanical literature; in part this is due to the ease of hybridization of the genus.".
- Prosopis_alba binomialAuthority August_Grisebach.
- Prosopis_alba class Eudicots.
- Prosopis_alba conservationStatus "LR/nt".
- Prosopis_alba conservationStatusSystem "IUCN2.3".
- Prosopis_alba division Flowering_plant.
- Prosopis_alba family Fabaceae.
- Prosopis_alba genus Prosopis.
- Prosopis_alba kingdom Plant.
- Prosopis_alba order Fabales.
- Prosopis_alba order Rosids.
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- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLink Algarrobo.
- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLink Allogamy.
- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLink Anemophily.
- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLink Argentina.
- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLink August_Grisebach.
- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLink Bark.
- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLink Bolivia.
- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLink Category:Drought-tolerant_trees.
- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLink Category:Edible_legumes.
- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLink Category:Near_threatened_plants.
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- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLink Ceratonia_siliqua.
- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLink Distillation.
- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLink Drought.
- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLink Ethanol.
- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLink Eudicots.
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- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLink Flour.
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- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLink Fodder.
- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLink Fruit.
- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLink Gran_Chaco.
- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLink Guarani_language.
- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLink Hybrid_(biology).
- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLink Legume.
- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLink Lumber.
- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLink Mesopotamia,_Argentina.
- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLink Oak.
- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLink Oak_(wine).
- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLink Paraguay.
- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLink Peru.
- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLink Plant.
- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLink Plant_reproductive_morphology.
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- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLink Prosopis.
- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLink Prosopis_nigra.
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- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLink South_America.
- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLink Spanish_language.
- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLink Sugar.
- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLink Tanning.
- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLink Windbreak.
- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLinkText "Carob flour from white carob".
- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLinkText "Prosopis alba".
- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLinkText "algarrobo blanco (white carob)".
- Prosopis_alba wikiPageWikiLinkText "mesquite pods".
- Prosopis_alba binomial "Prosopis alba".
- Prosopis_alba binomialAuthority August_Grisebach.
- Prosopis_alba familia Fabaceae.
- Prosopis_alba genus "Prosopis".
- Prosopis_alba ordo Fabales.
- Prosopis_alba regnum "Plantae".
- Prosopis_alba species "P. alba".
- Prosopis_alba status "LR/nt".
- Prosopis_alba statusSystem "IUCN2.3".
- Prosopis_alba unrankedClassis Eudicots.
- Prosopis_alba unrankedDivisio Flowering_plant.
- Prosopis_alba unrankedOrdo Rosids.
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- Prosopis_alba subject Category:Drought-tolerant_trees.
- Prosopis_alba subject Category:Edible_legumes.
- Prosopis_alba subject Category:Near_threatened_plants.
- Prosopis_alba subject Category:Plants_described_in_1874.
- Prosopis_alba subject Category:Prosopis.
- Prosopis_alba subject Category:Trees_of_Argentina.
- Prosopis_alba type Eukaryote.
- Prosopis_alba type Plant.
- Prosopis_alba type Species.