Common name
English: Jerusalem Thorn
German: Jerusalemdorn
Mandarin: 扁轴木 (bian zhou mu)
Portuguese: Espinho de Jerusalém
English: Jerusalem Thorn
German: Jerusalemdorn
Mandarin: 扁轴木 (bian zhou mu)
Portuguese: Espinho de Jerusalém
Kingdom: Plantae (2635)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2573)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2146)
Order: Fabales (241)
Family: Fabaceae (241)(family description)
Genus: Parkinsonia (1)
Epithet: aculeata L. (1)
Synonym: Parkinsonia thornberi M.E.Jones
aculeata => with thorns, prickly and pointed
thornberi => in honor of John James Thornber (1872-1962), Professor of biology/botany at the University of Arizona, USA
Climate: sub-tropical, tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: tree
Flower colour: yellow
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