Common name
English: Honey locust, Thorny locust
German: Amerikanische Gleditschie
Portuguese: Espinheiro-da-Virgínia
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2586)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2483)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2101)
Order: Fabales (236)
Family: Fabaceae (236)(family description)
Genus: Gleditsia (1)
Epithet: triacanthos L. (1)
Synonyms: Acacia americana Stokes, Acacia inermis Steud., Acacia laevis Steud., Acacia triacanthos Gron., Caesalpiniodes triacanthum (L.) Kuntze, Gleditsia brachycarpa (Michx.) Pursh, Gleditsia bujotii Neumann
americana => from America
brachycarpa => short fruit
inermis => unarmed
laevis => smooth, in the sense of not being rough
triacanthos => three thorns, three-spined
triacanthum => three thorns, three-spined
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: tree
Flower colour: brown, green, yellow