Master Record: treesna
Back to Master Page

Latin name

Family

Distribution

North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

Synonym

English name

French name

Spanish name

Other name

Trade name

Gleditsia triacanthos L.

Leguminosae

M SE North America (Canada: S Ontario; USA: North Dakota to Maine, Nevada to Florida) int N and M Eurasia (France to Germany, Portugal to Italy, former Czechoslovakia, former Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria, Crimea, Caucasus, former USSR, Central Asia)

MW MC ME SE

hel [sci] hyg->[xer] acid->basi calc

fd (intoxicating beerlike liquor made with pods, substitute for coffee made with seed) fr (good honey plant) fw (firewood, fuel) pl (cities) sa ti (furniture, heavy construction, light construction, posts, railroad ties, veneer) tx (intoxicating beerlike made with pods)

Acacia americana Cat. Long. ex Stokes Acacia inermis hort. ex Steud. Acacia laevis hort. ex Steud. Acacia triacanthos Gron. Flora Virg. ex Stokes Caesalpiniodes triacanthum (L.) Kuntze Gleditschia triacanthos L. Gleditsia brachycarpa (Michx.) Pursh Gleditsia bujotii Neumann Gleditsia bujotii var. pendula hort. ex Rehder Gleditsia elegans Salisb. Gleditsia ferox var. nana hort. ex Rehder Gleditsia flava hort. ex Steud. Gleditsia hebecarpa S.McCoy Gleditsia heterophylla Raf. Gleditsia horrida Salisb. Gleditsia inermis L. Gleditsia inermis var. elegantissima Grosdem. Gleditsia laevis hort. Par. ex G.Don Gleditsia latifolia hort. ex Lavallée Gleditsia latisilique hort. ex Steud. Gleditsia meliloba Walter Gleditsia micracantha Lodd. ex Steud. Gleditsia polysperma Stokes Gleditsia sinensis var. nana Asch. & Graebn. Gleditsia sinensis var. nana Loudon Gleditsia spinosa Marsh Gleditsia triacanthos var. brachycarpos Michx. Gleditsia triacanthos var. bujotii (Neumann) Rehder Gleditsia triacanthos var. horrida Aiton Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis (L.) Castigl. Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis (L.) G.Schneid. Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis Willd. Gleditsia triacanthos var. laevis Koch Gleditsia triacanthos var. macrocarpos Michx. Gleditsia triacanthos var. nana hort. Kew ex Henry Gleditsia triacanthos var. polysperma Aiton Gleditsia triacanthos f. elegantissima (Grosdem.) Rehder Gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis Zabel Gleditsia triacanthos f. nana (Loudon) Rehder Gleditsia triacanthos f. pendula (Talou) Rehder Gleditsia triacanthus Mill. Melilobus heterophyla Raf.

common honeylocust; common honey-locust; honey locust (Canada, USA); honey-locust, honey-shuck (Canada); honeylocust; sweet locust (USA); sweet-locust, thornless common honey-locust, thornless honey-locust, thornless sweet locust; thorntree (USA); thorny honeylocust, thorny-locust, tree-thorned acacia

févier à trois épines; arbre aux escargots, carouge à miel; févier (Morocco); févier d'Amérique, févier d'Amérique sans épines, févier épineux, févier inerme d'Amérique, gleditsia inerme

acacia de tres espinas, acacia de tres púas (Spain)

Amerikanische Gleditschie (german); christus-dorn (South Africa); Dreidornige Gleditschie (german); driedoring (South Africa); espinheiro-da-Virgínia; Gleditschie (german); gleditsia spinosa, spino di Giuda, triacanto (italian)

Home page

Latin name	Gleditsia triacanthos L.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	M SE North America (Canada: S Ontario; USA: North Dakota to Maine, Nevada to Florida) int N and M Eurasia (France to Germany, Portugal to Italy, former Czechoslovakia, former Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria, Crimea, Caucasus, former USSR, Central Asia)
North America distribution zone	MW MC ME SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel [sci] hyg->[xer] acid->basi calc
Use	fd (intoxicating beerlike liquor made with pods, substitute for coffee made with seed) fr (good honey plant) fw (firewood, fuel) pl (cities) sa ti (furniture, heavy construction, light construction, posts, railroad ties, veneer) tx (intoxicating beerlike made with pods)
Synonym	Acacia americana Cat. Long. ex Stokes Acacia inermis hort. ex Steud. Acacia laevis hort. ex Steud. Acacia triacanthos Gron. Flora Virg. ex Stokes Caesalpiniodes triacanthum (L.) Kuntze Gleditschia triacanthos L. Gleditsia brachycarpa (Michx.) Pursh Gleditsia bujotii Neumann Gleditsia bujotii var. pendula hort. ex Rehder Gleditsia elegans Salisb. Gleditsia ferox var. nana hort. ex Rehder Gleditsia flava hort. ex Steud. Gleditsia hebecarpa S.McCoy Gleditsia heterophylla Raf. Gleditsia horrida Salisb. Gleditsia inermis L. Gleditsia inermis var. elegantissima Grosdem. Gleditsia laevis hort. Par. ex G.Don Gleditsia latifolia hort. ex Lavallée Gleditsia latisilique hort. ex Steud. Gleditsia meliloba Walter Gleditsia micracantha Lodd. ex Steud. Gleditsia polysperma Stokes Gleditsia sinensis var. nana Asch. & Graebn. Gleditsia sinensis var. nana Loudon Gleditsia spinosa Marsh Gleditsia triacanthos var. brachycarpos Michx. Gleditsia triacanthos var. bujotii (Neumann) Rehder Gleditsia triacanthos var. horrida Aiton Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis (L.) Castigl. Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis (L.) G.Schneid. Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis Willd. Gleditsia triacanthos var. laevis Koch Gleditsia triacanthos var. macrocarpos Michx. Gleditsia triacanthos var. nana hort. Kew ex Henry Gleditsia triacanthos var. polysperma Aiton Gleditsia triacanthos f. elegantissima (Grosdem.) Rehder Gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis Zabel Gleditsia triacanthos f. nana (Loudon) Rehder Gleditsia triacanthos f. pendula (Talou) Rehder Gleditsia triacanthus Mill. Melilobus heterophyla Raf.
English name	common honeylocust; common honey-locust; honey locust (Canada, USA); honey-locust, honey-shuck (Canada); honeylocust; sweet locust (USA); sweet-locust, thornless common honey-locust, thornless honey-locust, thornless sweet locust; thorntree (USA); thorny honeylocust, thorny-locust, tree-thorned acacia
French name	févier à trois épines; arbre aux escargots, carouge à miel; févier (Morocco); févier d'Amérique, févier d'Amérique sans épines, févier épineux, févier inerme d'Amérique, gleditsia inerme
Spanish name	acacia de tres espinas, acacia de tres púas (Spain)
Other name	Amerikanische Gleditschie (german); christus-dorn (South Africa); Dreidornige Gleditschie (german); driedoring (South Africa); espinheiro-da-Virgínia; Gleditschie (german); gleditsia spinosa, spino di Giuda, triacanto (italian)
Trade name