PlantFiles: Jamaican Rain Tree, Jamaican Ebony, West Indian Ebony, Granadilla
Brya ebenus

I have this tree in my back yard. I got it at a yard sale, the lady decsribed the flowers to me and I knew I had to have it.

It sat in its pot for a good six months before I planted it. Within 2 years it got a good 8 foot tall. (Don't tell me its slow growing) :)

I planted it in mostly sun, in good rich soil. It seeded profusely this year. I have plenty of seeds to experiment with. I haven't counted but would guess 500 seed pods.

I thought it was so cool that it would start to bloom whenever we we going to get rain.

Very nice small tree. It has long thin limbs with tiny leaves. This tree needs sun to flower, if grown in the shade it will not flower. Flowers appear whenever it is warm, particularly if it is humid. Although they are small (1-1.5 cm), the pea-like flowers are bright yellow and plentiful, found all long the branches. Small pods contain one seed. This is a slow growing plant and does very well in a container. A great plant if you can find one!