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Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Plant Height: 33 feet
Plant Spread: 20 feet
Fruit: Pops open explosively when ripe
Fruiting Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Flowers: Showy
Blooms on new wood
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Spring
Edible Parts: Seeds or Nuts
Eating Methods: Cooked
Dynamic Accumulator: Nitrogen fixer
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Seeds are hydrophilic
Containers: Not suitable for containers
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth

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Common names
  • Desert ironwood
  • Tesota
  • Ironwood
  • Palo de Hierro
  • Palo Fierro

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Date: 2024-04-08
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Date: 2015-03-21

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