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Gleditsia sinensis, known as zào jiá (皂荚) or Chinese honey locust and black locust in English, is a species of flowering plant native to Asia.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Chinese 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 japonica
- Gleditsia rolfei
- Gleditsia aquatica
- Gleditsia amorphoides
- Pterogyne nitens
- Gleditsia triacanthos
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Gleditsia
- Species
- Gleditsia sinensis
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