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Latin name

Family

Distribution

North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

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Trade name

Eysenhardtia polystachya (Ortega) Sarg.

Leguminosae

MW MC SC North America (USA: Arizona, New Mexico; Mexico: Chihuahua, Sinaloa)

MW MC SC

mes xer

dr(ob) (infusions of wood have been widely used in Mexico to treat urinery disease, wood chips placed in water against a black background produce peacock blue phosphorescence formerly imported for medicine) fr ma pl (ornamental) ti (the strong wood is used for tool handles and dwelling)

Dalea fruticosa G.Don Eysenhardtia amorphoides Kunth Psoralea fruticosa Sessé & Moç. Psoralea stipularis Sessé & Moç. Varennea polystachya (Ortega) DC. Viborquia polystachya Ortega Wiborgia amorphodes (Kunth) Kuntze Wiborgia polystachya (Ortega) Kuntze

manyspikeleted kidneywood; kidneywood, lignum-nephriticum, Mexican kidneywood

eysenhardtia à plusieurs épis

palo dulce; varaduz (Mexico)

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Latin name	Eysenhardtia polystachya (Ortega) Sarg.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	MW MC SC North America (USA: Arizona, New Mexico; Mexico: Chihuahua, Sinaloa)
North America distribution zone	MW MC SC
Height	S
Foliage	D
Ecology	mes xer
Use	dr(ob) (infusions of wood have been widely used in Mexico to treat urinery disease, wood chips placed in water against a black background produce peacock blue phosphorescence formerly imported for medicine) fr ma pl (ornamental) ti (the strong wood is used for tool handles and dwelling)
Synonym	Dalea fruticosa G.Don Eysenhardtia amorphoides Kunth Psoralea fruticosa Sessé & Moç. Psoralea stipularis Sessé & Moç. Varennea polystachya (Ortega) DC. Viborquia polystachya Ortega Wiborgia amorphodes (Kunth) Kuntze Wiborgia polystachya (Ortega) Kuntze
English name	manyspikeleted kidneywood; kidneywood, lignum-nephriticum, Mexican kidneywood
French name	eysenhardtia à plusieurs épis
Spanish name	palo dulce; varaduz (Mexico)
Other name
Trade name