The Trees of Texas ti Ep 
3. SIDEROCARPAS. Texas Ebony. 
1. Siderocarpas flexicaulis (Bentham) Small. <A small ey- 
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. 
