Neltuma glandulosa
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Neltuma glandulosa, formerly Prosopis glandulosa, commonly known as honey mesquite, is a species of small to medium-sized, thorny shrub or tree in the legume family.
Prosopis glandulosa foliage
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Horno
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Horno is a mud adobe-built outdoor oven used by the Native Americans and the early settlers of North America. This type of oven was also used and introduced to the Iberian Peninsula by the Moors, it w
Neltuma glandulosa
…into meal for cake. The Pueblo peoples of New Mexico in the southwest United States use the seeds to produce mesquite flour for making traditional horno bread. The thorns of the plant are used as tattoo needles, and the ashes for tattoos, by the Cahuilla and Serrano Indians of Southern California. Its…
A horno at Taos Pueblo in New Mexico in 2003.