Parkinsonia aculeata


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Noun1.Parkinsonia aculeata - large shrub or shrubby tree having sharp spines and pinnate leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented racemose yellow-orange flowersParkinsonia aculeata - large shrub or shrubby tree having sharp spines and pinnate leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented racemose yellow-orange flowers; grown as ornamentals or hedging or emergency food for livestock; tropical America but naturalized in southern United States
genus Parkinsonia, Parkinsonia - small genus of spiny shrubs or small trees
bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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In the study using PPL to hydrolyze Mimusops elengi and Parkinsonia aculeata seed oils, Sharma et al.
Na regiao Nordeste do Brasil, varias especies exoticas ja foram identificadas como invasoras e os seus impactos avaliados [Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC.; Sesbania virgata L.; Sporobolus indicus L.; Parkinsonia aculeata L.], sendo constatados varios danos sobre a vegetacao em que elas se estabelecem, principalmente, sobre a fitodiversidade autoctone da caatinga (ANDRADE, 2013).
A new species of Neolasioptera (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) from Parkinsonia aculeata (Leguminosae) in Argentina for possible use in biological control in Australia, with a key to Neotropical species of Neolasioptera.
Mimozyganthus carinatus Parkinsonia aculeata 0,7 3,4 Prosopis spp.
nuttallianus, Melilotus indicus, Parkinsonia aculeata; Fouquieriaceae: Fouquieria splendens, Oleaceae: Ligustrum japonicum; Papaveraceae: Argemone ochroleuca; Platanaceae: Platanus orientalis y Tamaricaceae: Tamarix gallica.
The habitat at the collecting site is woodland savannah characterized by Prosopis pallida (Fabacea), Acacia macracantha (Fabacea), Parkinsonia aculeata (Fabaceae), Colicodendron scabridum (Capparacea), Capparis avicennifolia (Capparacea), Psittacanthus chanduyensis (Loranthaceae), and the introduced species Casuarina equisetifolia (Casuarinaceae).
Esta especie se ha encontrado en Sinaloa consumiendo el follaje de Atriplex barclayana ("chunary") (Chenopodiaceae), Parkinsoniaflorida ("brea") (Fabaceae), Parkinsonia praecox ("brea") (Fabaceae), Prosopis juliflora ("mezquite") (Fabaceae), Fouqueria macdougalli ("torote verde") (Fouquieriaceae), Caesalpinia platyloba ("palo colorado") (Fabaceae), y Parkinsonia aculeata ("bacaporo") (Fabaceae) (Aragon et al.
Most of the species flowered from spring to late summer (e.g., Parkinsonia aculeata Linn.