Texas Ebony - Ebenopsis ebano

The Texas Ebony (Ebenopsis ebano) is a medium sized flowering tree for landscapes and gardens. This makes a great shade as well as flowering tree. The flowers are fragrant and produce prolific black seed pods in fall. The seeds have even been roasted and used as coffee. This plant has no negatives of note. The native species is most common in production.

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