Gleditsia caspica

Gleditsia caspica (Caspian locust or Persian honeylocust) is a species of Gleditsia native to western Asia, in the Caucasus region of Azerbaijan and northern Iran, close to the Caspian Sea.[1][2]

Gleditsia caspica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Genus:
Gleditsia
Species:
G. caspica
Binomial name
Gleditsia caspica

It is a medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 12 m tall, with the trunk covered in numerous, 10–20 cm long branched spines. The leaves are pinnate or bipinnate, up to 25 cm long, with 12–20 leaflets; bipinnate leaves have six to eight pinnae. The leaflets are up to 5 cm long and 2 cm broad. The flowers are greenish, produced in racemes up to 10 cm long. The fruit is a pod 20 cm long and 3 cm broad.[2][3]

It is closely related to Gleditsia japonica (syn. G. horrida) from eastern Asia, and is treated as a subspecies of it by some botanists, Gleditsia horrida subsp. caspica (Desf.) J.Paclt.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Gleditsia caspica". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  2. Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.
  3. Cirrusimage: Gleditsia caspica
  4. Paclt, J. (1982). Gleditsia caspia, Not a Distinct Species (Leguminosae). Taxon 31 (2): 336-339 Abstract.

5. Nourmohammadi, K., Rahimi, D., Naghdi, R., & Kartoolinejad, D. (2016). Effects of physical and chemical treatments of seed dormancy breaking on seedling quality index (QI) of Caspian locust (Gleditsia caspica Desf.). Austrian Journal of Forest Science, 133(2), 157-171. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Davoud_Kartooli/publication/306065561_Effects_of_seed_dormancy_breaking_treatments_on_seedling_QI_of_Caspian_locust_Seite_157_Effects_of_physical_and_chemical_treatments_of_seed_dormancy_breaking_on_seedling_quality_index_QI_of_Caspian_lo/links/57ad919708ae42ba52b3b71f/Effects-of-seed-dormancy-breaking-treatments-on-seedling-QI-of-Caspian-locust-Seite-157-Effects-of-physical-and-chemical-treatments-of-seed-dormancy-breaking-on-seedling-quality-index-QI-of-Caspian-lo.pdf

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