Texas Kidneywood

← Back to the app

Eysenhardtia texana

Texas Kidneywood, a reference photo
Photo: Clarence A. Rechenthin. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Texas State Office. · Public domain

Eysenhardtia texana, commonly known as Texas kidneywood, bee-brush, or vara dulce, is a species of small flowering tree in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is found from south-central Texas south to northern San Luis Potosí in the Rio Grande Valley region of south Texas–Northeastern Mexico, and the species ranges into the eastern Chihuahuan Desert areas of Coahuila.

From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Texas Kidneywood being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Species
Eysenhardtia texana

Found one? Take a photo and B.inomen will suggest what it is, free.

Check your photo

More species