Gleditsia japonica, the Japanese locust, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the eastern Himalayas, central and southern China, Manchuria, Korea, and central and southern Japan. It is used as a street tree in a number of cities in China and Europe.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Japanese honey locust being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Gleditsia sinensis
- Gleditsia triacanthos
- Gleditsia aquatica
- Gleditsia rolfei
- Pseudalbizzia inundata
- Gleditsia amorphoides
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Gleditsia
- Species
- Gleditsia japonica
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