Fabaceae
Gleditsia sinensis
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Gleditsia
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Common names
By language (8)
- Arabic
- غلاديشية صينية, غلاديشية صغيرة, غلاديشية كبيرة الأشواك
- arz
- غلاديشيه صينيه
- Basque
- Txinatar gleditsia
- Chinese
- 皂荚, 皂莢, 刀皂, 大皂角, 山皂角, 牙皂, 猪牙皂, 猪牙皂荚
- German
- Chinesische Gleditschie
- lzh
- 皂莢
- mnc
- ᡳᡥᠠᠨ ᠪᡠᠯᠠ
- Russian
- Гледичия китайская
Synonyms
- Caesalpiniodes macracantha (Desf.) Kuntze
- Caesalpiniodes sinense (Lam.) Kuntze
- Caesalpiniodes sinensis (Lam.) Kuntze
- Gleditsia fontanesii Spach
- Gleditsia horrida Willd.
- Gleditsia indica Pers.
- Gleditsia japonica Lodd. ex Loudon
- Gleditsia macracantha Desf.
- Gleditsia macrantha Desf.
- Gleditsia nana Dippel
- Gleditsia officinalis Hemsl.
- Gleditsia pendula Van Geert
- Gleditsia pendula-excelsa Pynaert
- Gleditsia sinensis unranked pendula Van Geert
- Gleditsia sinensis unranked pendula-excelsa Pynaert
- Gleditsia sinensis var. inermis Duhamel ex Loudon
- Gleditsia sinensis var. major Loudon
- Gleditsia sinensis var. pendula G.Nicholson
- Gleditsia sinensis var. purpurea Loudon
- Gleditsia xylocarpa Hance
- Gymnocladus williamsii Hance
Photos
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
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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: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alialb, 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.