Fabaceae
Water locust
Gleditsia aquatica
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Gleditsia
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Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- غلاديشية مائية
- arz
- غلاديشيه مائيه
- Chinese
- 水生皂荚
- English
- Water locust, Swamp locust
- Vietnamese
- Bồ kết nước
Synonyms
- Asacara aquatica (Marshall) Raf.
- Caesalpiniodes monospermum (Walter) Kuntze
- Gleditsia caroliniensis Lam.
- Gleditsia inermis Crantz
- Gleditsia inermis Mill.
- Gleditsia monosperma Walter
- Gleditsia triacantha Gaertn.
- Gleditsia triacanthos var. aquatica (Marshall) Castigl.
- Gleditsia triacanthos var. monosperma (Walter) Aiton
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
FruitPhoto: kent ozment, CC0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Kevin Anderson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: naturedom12, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rob Young from United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: wendybee, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Eylisia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Scott Allen Davis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Beatrice Arce, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Scott Allen Davis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Bernard Bricks, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dominic, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ryan McMinds, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.