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Fabaceae

American carob

Neltuma pallida (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) C.E.Hughes & G.P.Lewis

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Neltuma

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American carob: Prosopis pallida (habit). Location: Maui, Lower Auwahi
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
English
American carob
mul
American carob, Huarango, Kiawe

Synonyms

  • Acacia pallida Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
  • Mitostax pallida (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Raf.
  • Prosopis pallida (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Kunth

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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.