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Gleditsia sinensis (Honey Locust)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Gleditsia sinensis is a species of flowering plant native to Asia.
View Wikipedia Record: Gleditsia sinensis

Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [1]  The plant contains potentially toxic compounds;
Leaf Type [1]  Deciduous
Pollinators [1]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Specific Gravity [2]  0.612
Structure [1]  Tree
Usage [1]  The pod is used as a soap substitute; The seed is used; Tannin is obtained from the seedpod; Wood - strong, durable, coarse-grained; Used for general construction;
Height [1]  39 feet (12 m)
View Plants For A Future Record : Gleditsia sinensis

Predators

Lepidosaphes coreana (Korean comma scale)[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366. Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository.
♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0