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Photographer: Michael Kindig
Taken: October 10, 2009
Caption: Honey Mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa)
Additional Description: Native Americans throughout the Southwest used every part of this tree, from the sugar and protein beans to the fibrous roots. The hard wood is an excellent fuel and tool material, and the black pitch was used as a medicinal tea, hair dye, and pottery paint.
Submitted: April 9, 2014, by Michael Kindig of Elk Grove, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p270378
File Size: 3.806 Megabytes

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