Fabaceae
Syrian mesquite
Prosopis farcta
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Prosopis
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Common names
By language (8)
- Arabic
- غاف مليء
- arz
- غاف مليء
- Azerbaijani
- Çöl pişikdırnağı
- Central Kurdish
- خڕنووک, خرنووک
- English
- Syrian mesquite
- Hebrew
- ינבוט השדה
- Kurdish
- Xurnûf
- Persian
- کهورک
Synonyms
- Acacia heterocarpa Delile
- Acacia persica Sterler ex Steud.
- Acacia stephaniana (M.Bieb.) Willd.
- Lagonychium farctum (Banks & Sol.) Bobrov
- Lagonychium stephanianum (M.Bieb.) M.Bieb.
- Mimosa agrestis Sieber ex Spreng.
- Mimosa arvensis Sieber ex Steud.
- Mimosa farcta Banks & Sol.
- Mimosa micrantha Vahl ex Walp.
- Mimosa stephaniana M.Bieb.
- Pleuromenes heterocarpa Raf.
- Prosopis farcta var. glabra Burkart
- Prosopis stephaniana (M.Bieb.) Kunth ex Spreng.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 16 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FruitPhoto: Piermario Maculan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Piermario Maculan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: איתן פרמן, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: איתן פרמן, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Татьяна Прозорова, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fethullah ÖZTÜRK, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Татьяна Прозорова, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mustafa Arisli, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.