Fabaceae
Texas ebony
Ebenopsis ebano
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Ebenopsis
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 弯茎猴耳环
- English
- Texas ebony, Ebony blackbead
Synonyms
- Acacia flexicaulis Benth.
- Calliandra geniculata Benth.
- Chloroleucon ebano (Berland.) L.Rico
- Ebenopsis flexicaulis (Benth.) Britton & Rose
- Hoopesia arborea Buckley
- Mimosa ebano Berland.
- Pithecellobium ebano (Berland.) C.H.Mull.
- Pithecellobium flexicaule (Benth.) J.M.Coult.
- Pithecellobium texense J.M.Coult.
- Pithecolobium flexicaule (Benth.) J.M.Coult.
- Pithecolobium texense J.M.Coult.
- Samanea flexicaulis (Benth.) J.F.Macbr.
- Siderocarpos flexicaulis (Benth.) Small
- Zygia flexicaulis (Benth.) Sudw.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to September (from 152 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Adam Kranz, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Center for Urban Ecology, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Iván Cumpián, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Jo Roberts, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Kim, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: wlcutler, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Justin Quintanilla, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Bay Yount, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: alejandrozab, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.