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Leucaena matudae is an endangered species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is a tree native to Guerrero state in southwestern Mexico.

Leucaena magnifica is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Guatemala.

Leucaena lempirana is a species of plant belonging to the Fabaceae family. It is found only in Honduras.

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Neltuma chilensis (formerly Prosopis chilensis) is a species of tree in the family Fabaceae. It is found in parts of central Chile, southern Peru, Bolivia, and Andean (northwestern) Argentina. Its common names include Chilean mesquite (algarrobo chileno, in Spanish), cupesí (in eastern Bolivia), and Chilean algarrobo. It is used for providing shade, for animal feed, and firewood.

Neltuma alba (formerly 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, Chile, Paraguay, and Peru. It is known as algarrobo blanco ('white carob tree' or "white algarrobo") in Spanish. 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. Neltuma 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,

Maraniona lavinii is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Pterocarpus clade of the Dalbergieae. It is endemic to the Marañón Valley in northern Peru. It is the only member of the genus Maraniona and is closely related to the genus Tipuana.

Strombocarpa abbreviata, commonly known as the algarrobillo espinoso, is a species of flowering plant in the pea family, Fabaceae. It was previously known as Prosopis abbreviata. The species is endemic to Argentina and found in semi-arid and arid areas scrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Boliviadendron is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family (Fabaceae). It contains a single species, Boliviadendron bolivianum, a tree endemic to Bolivia.

Arquita is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It includes five species, which range from Ecuador to northern Argentina.

Strombocarpa tamarugo, commonly known as the tamarugo, is a thorny evergreen [1] species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamilia Mimosoideae. It is only found in northern Chile, particularly in the Pampa del Tamarugal, some 70 km (43 mi) east of the city of Iquique. This bushy tree apparently grows without the benefit of rainfall, and it is thought to obtain some water from dew. Studies indicate it is a phreatophyte; having deep roots that tap into ground water supplies. It also participates in hydraulic redistribution moving water from deeper levels to the upper and also

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Neltuma flexuosa (formerly Prosopis flexuosa), commonly known as tortuous mesquite and a variety of Spanish vernacular names including algarrobo dulce and algarrobo negro, is a species of flowering tree in the genus Neltuma of the family Fabaceae. It is found in arid and semi-arid regions of Argentina, Bolivia and Chile, including the western Gran Chaco and the Monte Desert, where it is a conspicuous and characteristic plant of the region. Its timber is used for construction, charcoal and fuel and its fruits are eaten by humans and livestock.

Mezcala balsensis is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is the sole species in genus Mezcala. It is a shrub or tree endemic to Guerrero state in southwestern Mexico.

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Anonychium is a genus of plant in the pea family (Fabaceae). It includes a single species, Anonychium africanum, a tree native to northern Sub-saharan Africa from Mauritania to Uganda and to Saudi Arabia. It is known by the synonym Prosopis africana, and its common names include African mesquite, iron tree, gele, gueni (in Malinke), okpehe, and somb tree. Okpehe is the name given by the Idoma and Igala people of Nigeria to both the tree and its fermented seeds. All of the other derivatives such as okpeye and okpiye stem from the noun okpehe used by the Idoma and Igala people of present day

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