Fabaceae
Honey locust
Gleditsia triacanthos
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Gleditsia
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Common names
By language (40)
- Arabic
- غلاديشية ثلاثية الأشواك, غلاديشية شواكة
- Armenian
- Գլեդիչա
- arz
- غلاديشيه ثلاثية الاشواك
- Asturian
- Alcacia de tres escayos
- Azerbaijani
- Üçtikan şeytanağacı
- Basque
- Akazia hiruarantza
- Belarusian
- Гледычыя звычайная
- Bulgarian
- Гледичия
- Catalan
- Acàcia de tres punxes
- Chinese
- 美国皂荚, 美國皂莢, 三刺皂荚, 新疆皂荚, 皂荚子, 美国皂角
- Croatian
- Gledičija
- Czech
- Dřezovec trojtrnný
- Danish
- Almindelig Tretorn
- Dutch
- Valse christusdoorn
- English
- Honey locust, Honey shuck, Honeylocust, Thornless honey locust, Thorny honeylocust, Thorny locust
- Esperanto
- Kristodorna glediĉio
- Estonian
- Kolmeastlaline glediitsia
- Finnish
- Kolmioka
- French
- Févier d'Amérique, Fevier d'Amerique, Févier, Févier d’Amérique, Févier épineux
- German
- Amerikanische Gleditschie, Falscher Christusdorn, Lederhülsenbaum
- Hebrew
- גלדציה תלת-קוצית
- hsb
- Ameriska gledičija, Ameriska glidičija, Ameriski trukownik
- Hungarian
- Tövises lepényfa
- Italian
- Spino di Giuda
- Japanese
- アメリカサイカチ
- Kazakh
- Үштікенді қарамала
- kbd
- Банэжыг
- Lithuanian
- Tridyglė gledičija
- Macedonian
- Гледич, Тритрнест гледич, Трновец
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Korstorn
- nv
- Naaztání
- Persian
- لیلکی آمریکایی
- Polish
- Glediczja trójcierniowa, Iglicznia trójcierniowa, Glediczja trócierniowa
- Romanian
- Glădiță
- Russian
- Гледичия трёхколючковая, Гледичия трехколючковая
- Serbian
- Гледичијa
- Slovak
- Gledíčia trojtŕňová
- Slovenian
- Trnata gledičevka, Divji rožič
- Ukrainian
- Гледичія колюча, Колюча гледичія
- Vietnamese
- Bồ kết ba gai
Synonyms
- Acacia americana Stokes
- Acacia inermis Steud.
- Acacia laevis hort. ex Steud.
- Acacia triacanthos Gron.
- Acacia villaregalis McVaugh
- Caesalpiniodes heterophylla (Raf.) Kuntze
- Caesalpiniodes triacanthum (L.) Kuntze
- Gleditschia triacanthos L.
- Gleditsia brachycarpa (Michx.) Pursh
- Gleditsia brachycarpos (Michx.) Pursh
- Gleditsia bujotii Neumann
- Gleditsia bujotii unranked pendula Van Geert
- Gleditsia bujotii var. pendula Rehder
- Gleditsia elegans Salisb.
- Gleditsia excelsa-pendula de Vos
- Gleditsia ferox Desf.
- Gleditsia ferox var. nana (Loudon) Rehder
- Gleditsia flava K.Koch
- Gleditsia heterophylla Raf.
- Gleditsia horrida (Aiton) Salisb.
- Gleditsia inermis var. elegantissima Grosdem.
- Gleditsia inermis var. elegantissima Grosd.
- Gleditsia laevis G.Don
- Gleditsia latifolia hort. ex Lavallée
- Gleditsia latisiliqua Lodd. ex G.Don
- Gleditsia latisilique Steud.
- Gleditsia meliloba Walter
- Gleditsia micracantha Steud.
- Gleditsia micracantha Loddiges ex Steudel
- Gleditsia micracantha de Vos
- Gleditsia mimosifolia Lodd. ex Talou
- Gleditsia mimosifolia var. pendula Talou
- Gleditsia pendula Van Geert
- Gleditsia polysperma (Aiton) Stokes
- Gleditsia sinensis var. nana Loudon
- Gleditsia sinensis var. nana Asch. & Graebn.
- Gleditsia spinosa Marshall
- Gleditsia triacanthos f. brachycarpos (Michx.) C.K.Schneid.
- Gleditsia triacanthos f. elegantissima (Grosdem.) Rehder
- Gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis (Castigl.) Zabel
and 17 more.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Kevmin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: S. Rouchaléou, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: S. Rouchaléou, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hladac, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Hladac, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andariego 33, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Helena Panzera, CC0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.