North America (Arizona, Sonoran Desert): fruit eaten by Native American (Pima and Papago ?), Yuma, and Seri groups. This site is provided to Mr. Freedman by Dr. Jules Janick, Emeritus Professor and ...

A.: Those are fruits of the screwbean mesquite tree (Prosopis pubescens Benth). The tree is native to the Sonoran Desert, as are the honey mesquite and the velvet mesquite.