Scientific Name:  Olneya tesota
?Tree native to the Sonoran Desert
?Seeds are eaten by many animals
?Plant associations are desert night-blooming cereus which grows beneath the ironwood and senita which can be found near it
?Blooms heavily every other year with lavender blossoms that open in late May and last 10-18days
?This is a major nurse tree in the Lower Colorado River Valley
?Grows up to 35ft
?They have been estimated to age at least 300 years
?Decomposition is extremely slow, the wood is almost non-biodegradable
?Pods are mildly toxic, the Seri cook them changing the water twice
?The Seri use the wood to make their famous carvings
?Makes good firewood and has been over harvested for this purpose as well as for carving wood
?Protected in both Sonora and Arizona

Photos:  To be added.

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