Summary
Place of publication:
Trudy Leningradsk. Khim.-Farm. Inst. 21(4):45. 1967
Verified:
09/17/2015
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Allen, O. N. & E. K. Allen. The Leguminosae. A source book of characteristics, uses, and nodulation. 1981
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
- Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource).
- Turner, B. L. The legumes of Texas. 1959
- Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].
- Yakovlev, G. P. 1968. The genus Calia Terán et Berl. (Sophoreae) in America. Trudy Leningradsk. Khim.-Farm. Inst. 26:104-112.
Common names
English
mescal-bean – Texas-mountain-laurel –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Chihuahua | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Coahuila | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Durango | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Nuevo Leon | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | San Luis Potosi | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Tamaulipas | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Zacatecas | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | New Mexico | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Hidalgo | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Puebla | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Queretaro | |
| 2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
Native
Northern America
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [New Mexico, Texas]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Hidalgo, Puebla, Queretaro]
Cultivated
()
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Environmental | ornamental | | National Academy of Sciences. Tropical legumes: resources for the future. 1979 |
| Materials | beads | | Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource). |
| Medicines | folklore | | Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002 |
| Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. 1985 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=430160.
Accessed 1 June 2026.