Dermatophyllum secundiflorum (Ortega) Gandhi & Reveal
Texas mountain Laurel Mescal Bean
Evergreen shrub or small tree, growing  to 10 m tall leaves lustrous, leathery, dark green flowers  blue-purple, fragrant pods semi-woody with bright red poisonous seeds
Ornamental tree. A yellow dye is obtained from wood. Street tree.
Calia secundiflora (Ortega) Yakovlev, Sophora secundiflora (Ortega) Lag ex DC
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