MESQUITEPOLLEN
- CAS No.
- Chemical Name:
- MESQUITEPOLLEN
- Synonyms
- MESQUITEPOLLEN
- CBNumber:
- CB31425003
- Molecular Formula:
- Molecular Weight:
- 0
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MESQUITEPOLLEN Chemical Properties,Uses,Production
Chemical Properties
Prosopis spp. is a native of South and Central America and India and are closely related to Acacia. Mesquite is a low tree with slender, gray branches. Prickles are few, none, or copious, 0.3 to 0.6 cm long, nearly straight, at first straw-colored. Pinnae are 2.5 to 5.0 cm long: leaflets 16 to 24. Flowers in axillary spikes, 5.0 to 7.5 cm long and in terminal panicles. Pod is straight, edible, smooth, 10 to 15 cm long, 0.6 cm thick, narrowing gradually to a short stalk; the mesocarp is starchy. Seeds are 10 to 15 cm, dull brown, oblong. The sickle-shaped fleshy pods are 4 to 8 in. long and contain a sweetish mucilaginous pulp. The seeds furnish a yellow dye. A manna-like substance exudes from the trunk and branches.
Essential oil composition
Seeds of P. spicigera are reported to have a high protein content (20.9%). This species also possesses high carbohydrate content (7.9%).