Gleditsia triacanthos L.

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Gleditsia L.
Tribe: Caesalpinieae
References: [106][754][801]

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Other names:

• Acacia americana Stokes [Synonym] [1309]
  
• Acacia inermis Steudel [Synonym] [1309]
  
• Acacia laevis Steudel [Synonym] [1309]
  
• Acacia triacanthos Gron. [Synonym] [1309]
  
• Caesalpiniodes triacanthum (L.)Kuntze [Synonym] [1309]
  
• Gleditsia brachycarpa (Michaux)Pursh [Synonym] [1309]
  
• Gleditsia bujotii Neumann [Synonym] [1309]
  
• Gleditsia bujotii Neumann Var. pendula Rehder [Synonym] [1309]
  
• Gleditsia elegans Salisb. [Synonym] [1309]
  
• Gleditsia ferox Desf. Var. nana Rehder [Synonym] [1309]
  
• Gleditsia flava Steudel [Synonym] [1309]
  
• Gleditsia heterophylla Raf. [Synonym] [1309]
  
• Gleditsia horrida Salisb. [Synonym] [1309]
  
• Gleditsia inermis L. [Synonym] [1309]
  
• Gleditsia inermis L. Var. elegantissima Ch.Grosdemange. [Synonym] [1309]
  
• Gleditsia laevis G.Don [Synonym] [1309]
  
• Gleditsia latifolia Lavallee [Synonym] [1309]
  
• Gleditsia latisilique Steudel [Synonym] [1309]
  
• Gleditsia meliloba Walter [Synonym] [1309]
  
• Gleditsia micracantha Steudel [Synonym] [1309]
  
• Gleditsia polysperma Stokes [Synonym] [1309]
  
• Gleditsia sinensis Lam. Var. nana Asch. & Graebner [Synonym] [1309]
  
• Gleditsia sinensis Lam. Var. nana Loudon [Synonym] [1309]
  
• Gleditsia spinosa Marsh [Synonym] [1309]
  
• Gleditsia triacanthos L. Var. brachycarpos Michaux [Synonym] [1309]
  
• Gleditsia triacanthos L. Var. bujotii (Neumann)Rehder [Synonym] [1309]
  
• Gleditsia triacanthos L. Var. horrida Aiton [Synonym] [1309]
  
• Gleditsia triacanthos L. Var. inermis (L.)Castigl. [Synonym] [1309]
  
• Gleditsia triacanthos L. Var. inermis Willd. [Synonym] [1309]
  
• Gleditsia triacanthos L. Var. laevis Koch [Synonym] [1309]
  
• Gleditsia triacanthos L. Var. macrocarpos Michaux [Synonym] [1309]
  
• Gleditsia triacanthos L. Var. nana Henry [Synonym] [1309]
  
• Gleditsia triacanthos L. Var. polysperma Aiton [Synonym] [1309]
  
• Gleditsia triacanthus Miller [Synonym] [1309]
  
• Melilobus heterophyla Raf. [Synonym] [1309]
  

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Common Names:

• Acacia Negra [1140]
  
• Algarroba Turca [1140]
  
• Honey Locust [1847] [2960] [107]
  
• Honey-chuck [1847]
  
• Sweet Locust [1862]
  
• Three-thorned Acacia [1862]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Tree
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1988(Americas)Zarucchi JL
  • 1988(Europe)ESFEDS
  • 1990(New Zealand & Pacific)Horn P
  • 1991(W Asia)Lock JM & Simpson K
  • 1993 Adams BR
  • 1993 Polhill RM
  • 1993 Zarucchi JL
  • 1993(Indian Ocean)Lock JM & Ireland H
• Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator:
  • 1993 Zarucchi JL
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Environmental [1862] [2021] [2265]
  
• Food and Drink [1862]
  
• Forage [1862] [2007] [121]
  
• Medicine [121]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Mozambique [8]
  • South Africa [107]
  • Uganda [106]
  • Zimbabwe [8]

• Asia [1862] [1872] [1914] [2015] [2021]
  • Afghanistan [1872]
  • India-ISO [1914]
  • Iran [1862]
  • Iraq [1862]
  • Pakistan [2021]
  • USSR [2015]

• Australasia [1880]
  • Australia [1880]
    • New South Wales [1880]
    • Queensland [1880]
    • Western Australia [1880]

• Europe [454]
  • Austria-F.E. [754]
  • Bulgaria [754]
  • Corsica [454]
  • Czechoslovakia [754]
  • France-F.E. [754]
  • Germany [754]
  • Italy-F.E. [754]
  • Kriti [454]
  • Portugal [754]
  • Romania [754]
  • Sicilia [454]
  • Spain-F.E. [754]

• Indian Ocean [1915] [1941]
  • Mauritius [1915]

• North America [106] [1361] [1542] [1743]
  • Canada [1542] [1555] [1743]
    • Nova Scotia [1542] [1743]
    • Ontario [1542] [1743]
  • United States [1252] [1309] [1324] [1325] [1331] [1361] [1367] [1431] [1555] [1680] [1688]
    • Alabama [1361]
    • Arkansas [1361]
    • California [1361]
    • Connecticut [1361]
    • Delaware [1361]
    • Florida [1361]
    • Georgia [1361]
    • Illinois [1361]
    • Indiana [1361]
    • Iowa [1361]
    • Kansas [1361]
    • Kentucky [1361]
    • Louisiana [1361]
    • Maryland [1361]
    • Massachusetts [1361]
    • Michigan [1361]
    • Minnesota [1361]
    • Mississippi [1361]
    • Missouri [1361]
    • Nebraska [1361]
    • Nevada [1361]
    • New Jersey [1361]
    • New York [1361]
    • North Carolina [1361]
    • North Dakota [1361]
    • Ohio [1361]
    • Oklahoma [1361]
    • Pennsylvania [1361]
    • South Carolina [1361]
    • South Dakota [1361]
    • Tennessee [1361]
    • Texas [1361]
    • Utah [1361]
    • Virginia [1361]
    • West Virginia [1361]
    • Wisconsin [1361]

• Pacific Ocean [2265]
  • New Zealand(North) [2265]

• South America [1114]
  • Argentina [1114]
    • Buenos Aires [1114]
    • Cordoba [1114]

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Notes:

• Is G.inermis a p.p. synonym for this taxon and G.aquatica?
  
• Has been cultivated on Mauritius. [1915]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:51:51