Gleditsia

Gleditsia
Thorny honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Genus:	Gleditsia L.
Synonyms
Garugandra Griseb. Gleditschia Scop. Pogocybe Pierre

Gleditsia /ɡlɪˈdɪtsiə/^[1] (honey locust) is a genus of trees in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae, native to North America and Asia. The Latin name commemorates Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch, director of the Berlin Botanical Garden, who died in 1786.

Species[]

There are 12 species:

• Gleditsia amorphoides (Griseb.) Taubert
• Gleditsia aquatica Marshall – water locust or swamp locust
• F. B. Forbes & Hemsley
• Gleditsia caspica Desf. – Caspian locust or Persian honeylocust
• Franchet
• (Lour.) Merr.
• Desf.
• Miq. – Japanese honey locust
• Desf.
• Isely
• Gleditsia sinensis Lam. – Chinese honey locust
• Gleditsia triacanthos L. – thorny honey locust

Hybrids

• Gleditsia × texana Sarg. – Texas honey locust (=G. aquatica × triacanthos)

Medicinal use[]

G. sinensis is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in Chinese herbology, where it is called zào jiá (皂荚).^{[citation needed]}

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Philips, Roger. (1979). Trees of North America and Europe, Random House, Inc., New York ISBN 0-394-50259-0.

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