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Mesquite is a
common name for some
plants in the
genera Neltuma and Strombocarpa,
which contain over 50
species of spiny, deep-rooted
leguminous shrubs...
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Strombocarpa pubescens (formerly
Prosopis pubescens),
commonly known as ****bean
mesquite, is a
species of
flowering shrub or
small tree in the pea family, Fabaceae...
- the past,
indigenous Americans relied on
mesquite pods as an
important food source. The
bean pods of the
mesquite tree are
dried and
ground into a flour...
- naŋɡa naŋɡi naki naɣaβiβi naŋkaβɨ (Ch) nakka- (Ut) *oppimpɨ '
mesquite' oɸimbɨ oɸi '
mesquite bean' oβi(m)bɨ oppimpɨ (Ch) *paŋkʷi 'fish' pakkʷi pakkʷi paɡɡʷi...
- New Mexico, they feed on
desert gr****es, yucca,
buffalo gourds, and
mesquite bean pods. They are
especially adapted to
desert life and can go a long time...
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prickly pear, and
cholla fruits were gathered. In July and August,
mesquite beans,
Spanish bayonet fruit, and
Emory oak
acorns were gathered. In late...
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inhabitants grew maize,
beans, squash, and agave.
These crops supplemented other food sources, such as
foraged mesquite beans and acorns.
Mission Garden...
- and sugar, used as a
sweetener and
seasoning in the
Eastern Woodlands Mesquite,
bean pods, flour/meal
Mexican oregano Milkweed Mint,
various species, American...
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included Rhodes gr****,
Russian sunflower, soya
bean,
American maize,
Mesquite beans, saltbush,
velvet beans and
styrax balsam,
Acacia dealbata from Africa...
- eagles, coyotes, and rattlesnakes), and they
learned to
forage for
mesquite beans,
cactus fruits, and
other foods. The
surviving macaques flourished,...
