Styphnolobium affine, called Eve's necklace or Eve's necklacepod, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to the U.S. states of Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana. A large shrub or small deciduous tree reaching at most 30 ft (9 m), usually half that, it prefers dry, limestone soils and light shade. It is valued as an ornamental for its aromatic, pink or white cascade of blooms, and subsequent strings of bead-like seedpods.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Eve's Necklacepod 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.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Styphnolobium
- Species
- Styphnolobium affine
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