Fabaceae

Kidneywood

Eysenhardtia polystachya (Ortega) Sarg.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Eysenhardtia

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Common names

By language (3)

English: Kidneywood, Mexican kidneywood, Palo azul
nah: Coahtli, Tlapalezpatli, Cuauhcoatli
Spanish: Palo azul

Synonyms

Amerimnon polystachyon (Ortega) Spreng.
Dalbergia amorphoides Spreng.
Dalea fruticosa G.Don
Eysenhardtia amorphoides Kunth
Psoralea fruticosa Sessé & Moc.
Psoralea stipularis Sessé & Moc.
Varennea polystachya (Ortega) DC.
Viborquia polystachya Ortega
Wiborgia amorphodes (Kunth) Kuntze
Wiborgia polystachya (Ortega) Kuntze

Photos

Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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). About our plant data.