Strombocarpa pubescens
Common name (English)
Screw-bean
Ηabitat
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Establishment status
Establishment status detail
Alien: Cultivated.
Has been grown in Salamis and at Larnaca. It is of considerable interest as a botanical curiosity, and has some value as a bee-plant and animal foodstuff, but is generally less useful than P. juliflora (Meikle 1977).
First detection year
1915
Pathway detail
As the species is not established introduction pathways are indicated in case of possible/potential escape from confinement.
Other notes
as Prosopis pubescens Benth.
References
Meikle RD (1977) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 1.
Gennadios P (2015) Cultivated exotic plants. Dasoponos 63: 7-11.