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Prosopis burkartii is a critically endangered phreatophyte legume endemic to the Atacama Desert of northern Chile where only 50 individuals remain. We studied seasonal water variables and flower parameters in a population of 15P. burkartii individuals. For each tree, xylem water potential (Ψ) was estimated by measuring two twigs with a Scholander pressure bomb. Each month, we made 3 measurements of...