Fabaceae
Jerusalem thorn
Parkinsonia aculeata
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Parkinsonia
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Common names
By language (22)
- Amharic
- ፍልፍሌ
- Arabic
- باركنسونية حادة, سنط, سيسبان
- arz
- باركنسونيه حاده
- Catalan
- Parquinsònia
- Chinese
- 扁軸木, 扁轴木, 巴金生豆
- Czech
- Parkinsonie pichlavá
- English
- Jerusalem thorn
- Estonian
- Terav paloverde
- ff
- Caran labbi
- French
- Épine de Jérusalem
- German
- Jerusalemsdorn, Jerusalemdorn
- Greek
- Παρκινσόνια η αγκαθωτή
- guc
- Mapüja
- Hebrew
- פרקינסוניה שיכנית
- Japanese
- パーキンソニア・アクレアタ
- Malagasy
- Épine de Jérusalem
- Persian
- درمان عقرب
- Slovenian
- Parkinsonija
- Somali
- Geed Walaayo
- Spanish
- Cina Cina, Cina-Cina
- Turkish
- Sülünağacı, Kudüsçalısı
- Vietnamese
- Kim tước chi
Synonyms
- Parkinsonia inermis Spreng.
- Parkinsonia spinosa Kunth
- Parkinsonia thornberi M.E.Jones
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: George E. Koronaios, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: wlcutler, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: wlcutler, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.