Gleditsia triacanthos L.

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Gleditsia triacanthos

Photo: Mark Hyde
Meikles estate, Borrowdale.

Gleditsia triacanthos

Photo: Mark Hyde
Meikles estate, Borrowdale.

Gleditsia triacanthos

Photo: Mark Hyde
Meikles estate, Borrowdale.

Gleditsia triacanthos

Photo: Mark Hyde
Meikles estate, Borrowdale.

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Synonyms:
Common names: Honey locust (English)
Frequency:
Status: Introduced
Description:
Shrub or small tree, armed with stout 3-forked spines, grown as a garden ornamental and known as a very occasional naturalized escape. Bark fairly smooth but splitting into vertical fissures on older stems. Leaves variably pinnate or 2-pinnate, even on the same branch, with a single pair of pinnae; leaflets 8-13 pairs per pinna, opposite, oblong-elliptic, up to 3.5 cm long, glossy green; margin finely scalloped. Flowers in axillary heads, unisexual on different trees, small, green. Fruit a flat woody pod, 15-30 cm long, often twisted when older, indehiscent.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: triacanthos: 3-spined
Habitat:
Altitude range: (metres)
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Worldwide distribution: North America.
Zimbabwe distribution: C
Growth form(s): Tree.
Endemic status:
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Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Gleditsia triacanthos
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Gleditsia triacanthos

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Gleditsia triacanthos
African Plant Database: Gleditsia triacanthos
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Gleditsia triacanthos
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Gleditsia triacanthos
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Gleditsia triacanthos
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iNaturalist: Gleditsia triacanthos
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Gleditsia triacanthos
JSTOR Plant Science: Gleditsia triacanthos
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Gleditsia triacanthos
Plants of the World Online: Gleditsia triacanthos
Tropicos: Gleditsia triacanthos
Wikipedia: Gleditsia triacanthos


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Gleditsia triacanthos.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=127160, retrieved 28 March 2024

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