Gleditsia sinensis Lam. GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Gleditsia

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Caesalpinioideae

Tribe:

Caesalpinieae

Nomen number:

17639

Place of publication:

Encycl. 2:465. 1788

Verified:

10/28/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Gleditsia macracantha Desf.
Gleditsia officinalis Hemsl.

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Reference(s)

Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1948-1976. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials.
Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Isely, D. 1975. Leguminosae of the United States: II. Subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25(2):158.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Paclt, J. 1982. On the repeatedly confused nomenclature of Chinese species of Gleditsia (Caesalpiniaceae). Taxon 31:552.
Robertson, K. R. & Y.-T. Lee. 1976. The genera of Caesalpinioideae (Leguminosae) in the southeastern United States. J. Arnold Arbor. 57:29.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Common names

English
Chinese honey-locust –
German
chinesische Gleditschie –
Transcribed Chinese
zao jia –
Transcribed Korean
jogagjanamu –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Anhui Sheng	except w. & n.e.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Fujian Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Gansu Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guangdong Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guizhou Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hebei Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Henan Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hubei Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Jiangxi Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Jilin Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Shaanxi Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Sichuan Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Yunnan Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Zhejiang Sheng
2	Cultivated	Asia-Temperate	China	China
2	Cultivated	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Korea
2	Cultivated	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India

Native
Asia-Temperate

CHINA: China [Anhui Sheng (except w. & n.e.), Fujian Sheng, Gansu Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Guizhou Sheng, Hebei Sheng, Henan Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Jilin Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng]

Cultivated
Asia-Temperate

Asia-Tropical

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Medicines	folklore	fide Herbs Commerce ed2; Wealth India RM; Ill Chin Mat Med, as G. officinalis	McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.