720 — Number of the plant

at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7

Classification

► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants

► Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons

► Subclass Rosidae

► Order Fabales

► Family Fabaceae [= Leguminosae] - Pea family

► Family (Alt) Mimosaceae

► Subfamily Mimosoideae

► Tribe Mimoseae

► Genus Prosopis

Synonyms

Prosopis chilensis var. glandulosa (Torr.) Standl. [≡ Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa]

Prosopis juliflora var. glandulosa (Torr.) Cockerell [≡ Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa]

Prosopis juliflora var. torreyana L. D. Benson [≡ Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana]

Common names

Honey mesquite (English)

Mesquite (English)

Western honey mesquite (English)

Mesquite (French)

 

Мескитовое дерево (Russian)

Прозопис (Russian)

 

Heuningprosopis (Afrikaans)

Description

Long fragrant greenish yellow catkins borne on a short stalk along the branches. A large spiny shrub or small tree with feathery leaves.