Neltuma juliflora (Sw.) Raf.

Native to:

Aruba, Bahamas, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Galápagos, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Ascension, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Chad, Eritrea, Gilbert Is., Hawaii, India, Iran, Iraq, Jawa, Madagascar, Marianas, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Réunion, Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Trinidad-Tobago, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

• (2025). https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.691.1.1. epublication.
• Sanjappa, M., Pusalkar, P.K. & Mao, A.A. (eds.) (2024). Flora of India 6: 1-556. Botanical Survey of India.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

• Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Prosopis juliflora.]
• Lepschi, B. & Monro, A. (Project Coordinators) (2014). Australian Plant Census (APC) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html. [Cited as Prosopis juliflora.]
• Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Prosopis juliflora.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

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