Plant Details

Accepted name:: Neltuma laevigata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Britton & Rose [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
mesquite	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mezquite	Other	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
smooth mesquite	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Prosopis dulcis Kunth Mimoses: 110 (1822).
Prosopis laevigata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) M.C.Johnst. Brittonia 14: 78 (1962).
Acacia laevigata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 1059 (1806).
Acacia tortuosa Billb. ex Beurl. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 2: 24 (1856), nom. illeg.
Mimosa rotundata Sessé & Moc. Naturaleza (Mexico City), ser. 2, 1(App.): 178 (1890).
Neltuma michoacana Britton & Rose in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 23: 187 (1928).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Prosopis dulcis Kunth	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Prosopis laevigata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) M. C. Johnst.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Prosopis laevigata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) M.C.Johnst.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Prosopis laevigata (Willd.) M.C.Johnst.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015)
Prosopis laevigata (Willd.) M.c. Johnst.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Prosopsis laevigata (Humb.& Bonpl.ex Wild) M.C. Johnston	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)

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