The Trees of Texas 

 3. SIDEROCARPAS. Texas Ebony. 



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1. Siderocarpas flexicaulis (Bentham) Small. A small ev- 

 ergreen tree or shrub with spreading zigzag branches, armed 

 with short spines. Leaves bipinnate, pinnae 4-6, leaflets few, 



Fig. 35. Prosopis glandulosa. 



sessil, leathery. Flowers in summer or autumn, in cylindrical 

 shaped spikes. Fruit a flattened, straight, or slightly curved 

 pod. On bluffs of southwest Texas and Mexico. 



The wood is dark red to purplish brown, hard, used for 

 cabinet work. 



