Mesquite Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Mesquite (Prosopis pallida), the Peruvian mesquite, huarango or kiawe, is a thorny, drought-tolerant tree of the legume family, Fabaceae, native to the dry coasts of Peru, Colombia and Ecuador and naturalized across the Hawaiian lowlands since 1828. It grows 8-20 m with a spreading crown, feathery bipinnate leaves and fuzzy, yellow catkins of tiny flowers that bees turn into kiawe honey. The flat, yellow pods are 10-25 cm long with a sweet, mealy pulp, milled to a flour that tastes of caramel and molasses. We extract the dried pods.