[2] Ebenopsis ebano is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae,[2] that is native to the coastal plain of southern Texas in the United States and eastern Mexico.

[4] The range of E. ebano stretches from Laredo and Corpus Christi, Texas[5] south through the states of Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz, Campeche, and Yucatán in Mexico.

[9] Its habitat extends from sea level to 1,000 m (3,300 ft), averages 20 to 27 °C (68 to 81 °F) in temperature, and receives a mean of 900 mm (35 in) of annual rainfall.

[11] Ebenopsis ebano is a host plant for the caterpillars of the coyote cloudywing (Achalarus toxeus)[12] and Sphingicampa blanchardi.

[14] E. ebano is also a preferred host of the epiphyte Bailey's ball moss (Tillandsia baileyi).