Fabaceae
Gleditsia japonica
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Gleditsia
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Common names
By language (6)
- Arabic
- غلاديشية يابانية
- arz
- غلاديشيه يابانيه
- Chinese
- 山皂荚, 山皂莢, 山皂角, 皂角刺
- German
- Japanische Gleditschie
- Japanese
- サイカチ, さいかち, カワラフジノキ, ソウキョウ, 梍, 皀莢, 皁莢
- Korean
- 주엽나무
Synonyms
- Caesalpiniodes japonica (Miq.) Kuntze
- Gleditsia melanacantha T.Tang & Wang
- Gleditsia melanacantha Tang & F.T.Wang
Photos
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: そらみみ, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nucatum amygdalarum, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nucatum amygdalarum, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nucatum amygdalarum, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nucatum amygdalarum, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nucatum amygdalarum, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nucatum amygdalarum, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.