Figure 7.

Variation in fruits across Prosopis s.l. and allies A indehiscent pods of Anonychiumafricanum with thick pulpy mesocarp collected as fodder for livestock B plano-compressed pods of Indopiptadeniaoudhensis lacking a thickened mesocarp and dehiscent along both sutures C indehiscent fruits of Prosopisfarcta with a thick pulpy mesocarp D tightly coiled indehiscent screwbean fruits of StrombocarpastrombuliferaE indehiscent pods of Strombocarpaferox with a thick pulpy mesocarp F indehiscent fruits of StrombocarpapalmeriG small reniform to flabellate, flattened, indehiscent, 1 (–2)-seeded, winged fruits of Xerocladiaviridiramis which are unique within mimosoid legumes H indehiscent fruits of Neltumaarticulata with a thick mesocarp and a hard bony segmented endocarp which remains closed I. Unripe indehiscent pods of Neltumakuntzei with a thick pulpy mesocarp, these turning dark blackish-brown when ripe, reminiscent in colour to fruits of Anonychium. Photos courtesy of Marco Schmidt (A) (see Dressler et al. 2014), Dr. Omesh Bajpai and Dr. Lal Babu Chaudhary (B), Zeynel Cebeci (C) (https//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosopis_farcta), Dick Culbert (D) (see https//eol.org/pages/640506, Colin Hughes (E, F, H, I), and Herta Kolberg (G) (see Plants of Namibia https//herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk/bol/namibia).