Tex Ebony

[Atrox]

Here is a big box Tex Ebony, it was 3X tall with a big bare section in the middle, wouldn't sell so I made em an offer. Last fall I sawed off the top and sawed off 2/3 of the bottom stuck it in a box and off she went. Time for some training now that it's happy.

 

[sorce]

Nice!

Sorce

 

[Cypress187]

Its looks good, are those compound leaves always that small? They look much better as the rain-tree leaves, or is a Tex Ebony another name for rain tree?

 

[Atrox]

Cant say any more about the taxology, The Texas Ebony is a dry land, high heat, thorny rascal. I have seen photos of the "rain trees" and others that look very similar, others will surely help us out here.

 

[milehigh_7]

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Here is a big box Tex Ebony, it was 3X tall with a big bare section in the middle, wouldn't sell so I made em an offer. Last fall I sawed off the top and sawed off 2/3 of the bottom stuck it in a box and off she went. Time for some training now that it's happy.

Love these!

 

[milehigh_7]

Its looks good, are those compound leaves always that small? They look much better as the rain-tree leaves, or is a Tex Ebony another name for rain tree?

Cant say any more about the taxology, The Texas Ebony is a dry land, high heat, thorny rascal. I have seen photos of the "rain trees" and others that look very similar, others will surely help us out here.

Texas Ebony (AKA: Ebony Blackbead, Ebano, Ebony Apes-Earring )- Ebenopsis ebano (Family: Fabaceae)
Native range from Southern tip of Texas to the roughly the Yucatan


Brazilian Rain Tree - Chloroleucon tortum (formerly known as Pithecellobium tortum) (Family: Fabaceae)
Native range is the Northeast portion of South America

Not the same but related...

 

[milehigh_7]

Here is a link to some fun I had with them a few years ago... http://www.bonsainut.com/threads/texas-ebony-already.8745/

 

[coppice]

TX Ebony, Pithecellobium flexicaule. its a legume. Leaves close at night. They stay tiny. Nice tree.

 

[milehigh_7]

TX Ebony, Pithecellobium flexicaule. its a legume. Leaves close at night. They stay tiny. Nice tree.

No longer classified as "Pithecellobium flexicaule" changed a few years ago... I don't know who makes up the rules but...

 

[coppice]

Dang! they changed TX Latin. I knew I gave up drinking too soon...

Harumph! Ebenopsis ebano indeed harumph!

 

[Atrox]

And here are their legumes , if Ya leave them in the driveway for a while the car will get 'em ready to plant! hahaha they are tough little round rascals to crack and they don't seem to germinate unless the shell is breached.