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One black locust leaf showing 13 leaflets. The roots of black locust contain nodules that allow it to fix nitrogen, as is common within the pea family.Trees reach a typical height of 12–30 metres (40–100 feet) with a diameter of 0.61–1.22 m (2–4 ft). [8]
Robinia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, tribe Robinieae, native to North America.Commonly known as locusts, [2] they are deciduous trees and shrubs growing 4–25 metres (13–82 ft) tall.
The honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos), also known as the thorny locust or thorny honeylocust, is a deciduous tree in the family Fabaceae, native to central North America where it is mostly found in the moist soil of river valleys. [4] Honey locust trees are highly adaptable to different environments, and the species has been introduced ...
Locust tree can mean: Any of a number of tree species in the genera Gleditsia or Robinia, including: Honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos), a leguminous tree with pods having a sweet, edible pulp; Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia), a leguminous tree with toxic pods; Water locust (Gleditsia aquatica), a leguminous tree with one seed per pod
The specific name, robiniae, is derived from the name Robinia, which is the generic name of the black locust tree, Robinia pseudoacacia, on which the larvae feed.The name Robinia was coined by Linnaeus to honor the royal French gardeners Jean Robin (father) and Vespasien Robin (son).
Australian plague locust nymph (fourth instar) Dense hopper band of desert locusts. Aiolopus simulatrix – Sudan plague locust of eastern Sudan; Anacridium aegyptium – Egyptian locust of Europe, northern Africa and Central Asia; Anacridium melanorhodon – Sahelian tree locust of Sahel region of Africa
Gleditsia / ɡ l ɪ ˈ d ɪ t s i ə / [2] (honey locust) is a genus of trees in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae, native to the Americas and Asia. The Latin name commemorates Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch , director of the Berlin Botanical Garden , who died in 1786.
The leaves are 10–15 cm long, pinnate with 7–15 leaflets; they have a pair of sharp, reddish-brown thorns at the base. The flowers are showy and white or pink, and considered fragrant. [ 7 ] Blooms are produced in spring or early summer in dense racemes 5–10 cm long that hang from the branches near the ends.