Robinia pseudoacacia
Common name
black locust
Family
Fabaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
NVS code
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ROBPSE
Conservation status
Not applicable
Habitat
Terrestrial.
Features
Deciduous tree up to 25 m high. The compound pinnate leaves are 20-30 cm long, bearing 12-15 elliptic leaflets arising more or less opposite one another. Branches are scattered with sharp, stipular spines c. 1 cm long. Inflorescence is a raceme with numerous white flowers, each about 1 cm long.
Flowering
November, December, January
Flower colours
White
Year naturalised
1870
Origin
C. and E. North America
Reason For Introduction
Ornamental
Life Cycle Comments
Perennial.
Reproduction
Seed and vegetative spread by suckering.