Gleditsia triacanthos
Common name
Honey locust
Family
Fabaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
Conservation status
Not applicable
Flower colours
Green, Yellow
Etymology
gleditsia: Named after Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch (1714-1786) medical doctor and past director of the Berlin Botanic Gardens.
Reason For Introduction
Horticultural.
Life Cycle Comments
Tree
Reproduction
Exclusively by seed
Seed
Long-lived forms a large seed bank - usually retained in persistent pods for several years
Dispersal
Wind, gravity and by people