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Pronunciation: nel-TOO-ma oh-dor-AH-ta
Common name: Honey mesquite
Family: Fabaceae (Pea)
Habitat: Washes and low places to 4000', creosote bush scrub, alkali sink, both deserts and interior cismontane southern California
Blooming period: April to June
Name derivations: 1) Neltuma 2) odorata
Formerly Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana