Prosopis pallida

What this means for control work

Fruit has been recorded Oct to Dec. Treat before it, not during.

Based on 5 Hawaiian field observations in which the observer recorded fruit, out of 35 annotated records for this species. These are people standing in front of the plant, dated and located to the metre — the densest Hawaiian evidence available. What they cannot tell you is whether the fruit was ripe.

Travels on boots, tyres, stock and gear. Cleaning protocols timed to the fruiting window are worth more than the same protocols applied year-round.

Falls where it stands. Local, which makes containment realistic if the timing is right.