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Fabaceae

Smooth mesquite

Neltuma laevigata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Britton & Rose

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Neltuma

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Smooth mesquite: Mezquites cerca de la presa el Chichimeco, en Jesús María, Aguascalientes.
Photo: Luis Alvaz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
English
Smooth mesquite
Spanish
Mezquite blanco

Synonyms

  • Acacia laevigata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
  • Acacia tortuosa Billb. ex Beurl.
  • Mimosa rotundata Sessé & Moc.
  • Neltuma michoacana Britton & Rose
  • Prosopis dulcis Kunth
  • Prosopis laevigata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) M.C.Johnst.

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.