43; see text Neltuma is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family (Fabaceae).
It includes 43 species native to the Americas, which were previously placed in genus Prosopis.
[2] The species range from the southwestern and central United States through Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America to southern Argentina and Uuguay.
[1] Some species are known as mesquites.
43 species are accepted:[1]