Honey mesquite pod

The honey mesquite pod is a consumable item in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
The honey mesquite pod grows on a short tree with willow-like branches. Trees with pickable pods will appear bushier in foliage and have strings of pods on them, resembling a fern pattern. Pods can be eaten for a small amount of health restoration or used in recipes. Like all other Mojave Wasteland plants, ripe honey mesquite trees found in the wasteland will eventually regrow after being picked by the player, making them an unlimited supply of free food.

Many of the trees that grow these pods can be found around the Powder Ganger Camp North. There are also a few trees within and around the windy desert area near Nipton Road Pit Stop, but one must beware of the many radscorpions that reside there. The greenhouses found at the NCR Sharecropper Farms contain numerous trees.

The honey mesquite pod is used in the following campfire craftables: grilled mantis (2 required), Party Time Mentats and black coffee (Honest Hearts add-on).

Crafting
With the add-on Old World Blues, this item can be crafted by the player.

Locations

 * Powder Ganger Camp North
 * Nipton Road Pit Stop - within the windy area with the radscorpions
 * NCR Sharecropper Farms - In the greenhouses
 * Jacobstown and Ranger Station Foxtrot East of the road up the mountain to Jacobstown. A lot of xander root too.
 * El Dorado Dry Lake - in the area around it
 * Westside - south of Miguel's Pawn Shop in large quantities also with banana yucca fruit, and coyote tobacco chew
 * Mojave Outpost - In the Barracks, several can be found on the shelf behind the bar
 * A massive amount of honey mesquite pod can be found growing in Zion Canyon.
 * Westside West Entrance, in a planter box, along with banana yucca fruit, barrel cactus fruit, and maize, however the maize cannot be picked, for some reason.
 * South of the Northern Passage, just outside of New Vegas at the unmarked Jackal gang member encampment where two Jackal gang members reside in a shack with a campfire, there is one honey mesquite plant nearby.
 * One can be acquired every 3 in-game days after the completion of Field Research, once you have upgraded the Biological research station.

Behind the scenes

 * The honey mesquite tree is a real plant native to the American Southwest and Mexico.