Especially desirable as a landscape tree in warmer zones. Slow growing from 18 - 30 it becomes lush with small paired leaflets and numerous 1/2" thorns which can make it ideal as a security screen barrier. It flowers white or yellow in dense spikes usually in May/June and produces 6" seed pods. Hardy to 25 degrees F. The wood is dark purple. Makes a desirable bonsai. Also known botanically as Pithecellobium flexicaule or as P. ebano. Plant when received using a well draining soil mixture at a 1" depth. Keep warm, only lightly moist and in bright.