(10) Mesquite Tree Seed Pods (Prosopis Velutina) Drought Tolerant~ Desert Flour

Description: The following item is for sale: (10) Mesquite Tree Seed Pods that come from a rugged Drought Tolerant~ Desert Shrub/Tree used to make Flour to bake bread or cakes by Native Americans. Here these Mesquite Seed pods are from Southern Nevada. https://www.americanoutdoor.guide/prepping/desert-desserts-mesquite-pods-are-one-of-the-deserts-best-wild-foods/ This listing is for 10 whole dry seed pods (3-5 inches in lenth), from a wild, native Mesquite Tree. These pods are light beige- cream- yellow in coloration. Harvested during the summer 2023 summer season. Well adapted to the desert climate, Mesquite has been a food staple for the indigenous people and animals of the southwest for thousands of years and the gluten-free flour ground from the pods sells for over $10/lb. The wood from the trees is a beautiful, sought after (and expensive) hardwood and is well known for the pleasent aroma and flavor it imparts when burned for cooking (mesquite bbq). The folliage is velvety to the touch (hence the name), has thorns, and flowers apear in the spring, from which the legumes develop, in a cluster. The velvet mesquite is the largest of the mesquite species. It can be a low-branched, broad spreading thorny shrub, or small tree with a well-developed canopy.

Price: 7.99 USD

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada

End Time: 2024-10-19T16:17:18.000Z

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