Fabaceae FAMILY
Eysenhardtia orthocarpa
Eysenhardtia orthocarpa
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Eysenhardtia orthocarpa is a much-branched shrub or a small tree usually growing 2 - 5 metres tall[ 1456 Title Revisión del género Eysenhardtiaa (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae). Publication A postgraduate Thesis at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Author Ramiro Cruz Durán Publisher Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Year 2006 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of wood.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate; tropical
Native RangeSouthwestern N. America - Arizon to northwest Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua, Sinaloa)
HabitatOak woodland, tropical deciduous woodland, dry woodland, grassland, often by the sides of streams and on hills, growing on rocky slopes and washes; at elevations from 730 - 1,550 metres[ 1456 Title Revisión del género Eysenhardtiaa (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae). Publication A postgraduate Thesis at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Author Ramiro Cruz Durán Publisher Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Year 2006 ISBN Description ].