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Mesquite (Prosopis species) were brought into South Africa by the government in the late 1800s and promoted for planting until the 1960s, according to the Agricultural Research Council. Photo: Supplied

CENTRE FOR INVASION BIOLOGY

Little podlet weevil may beat back invasive mesquite tree

The pods make a delicious coffee and the cattle like them too, but the tree sucks up groundwater and destroys biodiversity

Lesego Chepape