Plant Details

Accepted name:: Gleditsia triacanthos L. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
acacia negra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
acacias de tres espinas	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
algarrobo de miel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
amerikaanse driedoring	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
amerikanische gleditschie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
carouge à miel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dreidornige gleditschie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
espinheiro-da-virginia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
févier d'amérique	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gledichia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gledichiya obyknovennaya	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
gleditschia	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
gleditsia a tre pine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
honey locust	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
honey-locust	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
honeylocust	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
kadimki gledichiya	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
tikandarakht	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
épine-du-christ	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
山皂角	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seeds		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
plant		Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 41 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Gleditsia horrida (Aiton) Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 323 (1796).
Acacia villaregalis McVaugh Fl. Novo-Galiciana 5: 141 (1987).
Caesalpiniodes heterophyllum (Raf.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 167 (1891).
Caesalpiniodes triacanthum (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 167 (1891).
Gleditsia brachycarpos (Michx.) Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 211 (1813).
Gleditsia bujotii Neumann Rev. Hort. (Paris), sér. 2, 4: 205 (1846).
Gleditsia bujotii var. pendula Rehder Man. Cult. Trees, ed. 2: 486 (1900), pro syn.
Gleditsia bujotii pendula Van Geert Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 43: 66 (1857), nom. nud.
Gleditsia elegans Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 323 (1796), nom. superfl.
Gleditsia excelsa-pendula de Vos Handb. Prakt. Kennis Bomen, ed. 2: 81 (1887).
Gleditsia ferox Desf. Hist. Arbr. France 2: 247 (1809).
Gleditsia ferox var. nana (Loudon) Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 2: 650 (1900).
Gleditsia flava K.Koch Dendrologie 1: 9 (1869).
Gleditsia heterophylla Raf. Fl. Ludov.: 99 (1817).
Gleditsia inermis var. elegantissima Grosdem. Rev. Hort. (Paris) 77: 512 (1905).
Gleditsia laevis G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 413 (1830).
Gleditsia latisiliqua Lodd. ex G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 414 (1830).
Gleditsia meliloba Walter Fl. Carol.: 254 (1788).
Gleditsia micracantha de Vos Handb. Prakt. Kennis Bomen, ed. 2: 81 (1887).
Gleditsia mimosifolia Lodd. ex Talou Hort. Franç. 1859: 156 (1859), nom. subnud.
Gleditsia mimosifolia var. pendula Talou Hort. Franç. 1859: 156 (1859), not validly publ.
Gleditsia polysperma (Aiton) Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 228 (1812).
Gleditsia sinensis var. nana Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 2: 654 (1838).
Gleditsia spinosa Marshall Arbust. Amer.: 94 (1785).
Gleditsia triacanthos var. brachycarpos Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 257 (1803).
Gleditsia triacanthos f. brachycarpos (Michx.) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 12 (1907).
Gleditsia triacanthos var. bujotii (Neumann) Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 2: 650 (1900).
Gleditsia triacanthos f. elegantissima (Grosdem.) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 352 (1949).
Gleditsia triacanthos var. ferox (Desf.) Asch. & Graebn. in P.F.A.Ascherson & K.O.R.Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 184 (1907).
Gleditsia triacanthos var. horrida Aiton Hort. Kew. 3: 444 (1789).
Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis Castigl. Viagg. Stati Uniti 2: 249 (1790).
Gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis (Castigl.) Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 255 (1903).
Gleditsia triacanthos var. laevis K.Koch Hort. Dendrol.: 226 (1853).
Gleditsia triacanthos var. macrocarpos Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 257 (1803).
Gleditsia triacanthos var. nana (Loudon) A.Henry in H.J.Elwes & A.Henry, Trees Great Britain 6: 1518 (1912).
Gleditsia triacanthos f. nana (Loudon) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 352 (1949).
Gleditsia triacanthos lusus pendula Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 184 (1907).
Gleditsia triacanthos f. pendula (Asch. & Graebn.) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 352 (1949).
Gleditsia triacanthos var. polysperma Aiton Hort. Kew. 3: 444 (1789).
Melilobus heterophyla Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 121 (1838).
Vachellia villaregalis (McVaugh) Seigler & Ebinger Phytologia 87: 169 (2005 publ. 2006).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Gleditschia triacanthos L.	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Gleditsia horrida (Thunb.) Makino	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Gleditsia triacanthos	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Gleditsia triacanthos L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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