Prosopis juliflora
Common name (English)
Mesquite; honey mesquite
Ηabitat
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Establishment status
Establishment status detail
Alien: Cultivated tree, from the neighborhood of Nicosia and Salamis [...]. There are no detailed records of the Mesquite's behaviour under cultivation in Cyprus, but it is widely grown, and very ofter successful in many warm-temperate and subtropical areas of the world, sometimes becoming an aggressive invader of grasslands (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.
References
Meikle RD (1977) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 1.