Eysenhardtia polystachya (Ortega) Sarg.

Mexican kidneywood (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Eysenhardtia

Characteristics

A shrub or tree. The flowers are white.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 4.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a warm temperate plant. It grows in the edges of forests and near streams. It grows between 150-3,000 m above sea level.
More
Grasslands, dry, open forest, spiny forest, deciduous forests; at elevations from 1,000-2,400 metres.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

The flowers are cooked and eaten.
Uses animal food dye material medicinal wood
Edible flowers
Therapeutic use Ache(Stomach) (unspecified), Bladder (unspecified), Colic (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Kidney (unspecified), Ophthalmia (unspecified), Renitis (unspecified), Urogenital (unspecified), Antiseptic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants are grown from seeds. The seeds are soaked in water for 24 hours before planting.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Eysenhardtia polystachya habit picture by SCAMPS_MX (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Eysenhardtia polystachya leaf picture by Jörg Spörle (cc-by-sa)
Eysenhardtia polystachya leaf picture by SCAMPS_MX (cc-by-sa)
Eysenhardtia polystachya leaf picture by erick cuevas (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Eysenhardtia polystachya flower picture by Jörg Spörle (cc-by-sa)
Eysenhardtia polystachya flower picture by Mauricio León Carreño (cc-by-sa)
Eysenhardtia polystachya flower picture by Mauricio León Carreño (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Eysenhardtia polystachya world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Conservation status

Eysenhardtia polystachya threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:102904-2
WFO ID wfo-0000165921
COL ID 6HLWZ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Eysenhardtia polystachya Viborquia polystachya Eysenhardtia amorphoides Dalea fruticosa Psoralea fruticosa Varennea polystachya Wiborgia amorphodes Psoralea stipularis Amerimnon polystachyon Psoralea fruticosa Wiborgia polystachya Dalbergia amorphoides