Blackbrush Acacia, Chaparro Prieto, Catclaw, Gavia
Acacia rigidula
Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Blackbrush acacia's light bark and rich dark green foliage are an attractive combination, providing a beautiful contrast in its native Rio Grande Plains where it is abundant. Its natural shrubby form can be shaped into a tree, but it will then need training when it's young. Large pale to golden yellow flower spikes appear in the spring, from which slender 3-inch long pods develop. Its branches have thorns, making it useful as a barrier plant and not desirable near pedestrian areas. It grows on limestone hillsides and canyons, but is adaptable to many soil types, even caliche, although it prefers good drainage. Blackbrush acacia grows slowly. It is hardy to around 20 degrees F.
Plant Habit or Use: large shrub
small tree
Exposure: sun
partial sun
Flower Color: pale to golden yellow
Blooming Period: spring
Fruit Characteristics: 3-inch-long woody pods
Height: 10 to 20 feet
Width: 8 to 18 feet
Plant Character: deciduous
semievergreen
Heat Tolerance: very high
Water Requirements:
Soil Requirements: neutral
adaptable
I'm Curious how one ingest black brush is it smoked extract? or is it ingested orally?
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Does it even have a history of traditional usage? The famed [Clements et al.] studies on its alkaloidal content were never replicated. The plant is known to cause poisoning in livestock - typically in prolonged periods of drought - so caution is advised. What were you hoping its effects might be - and why? “There is a way of manipulating matter and energy so as to produce what modern scientists call 'a field of force'. The field acts on the observer and puts him in a privileged position vis-à-vis the universe. From this position he has access to the realities which are ordinarily hidden from us by time and space, matter and energy. This is what we call the Great Work." ― Jacques Bergier, quoting Fulcanelli
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I would invest in a TLC kit if you are considering working with this plant, it may not be worth working with.
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