Gleditsia sinensis | |
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Gleditsia sinensis trunk with thorns | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
Genus: | Gleditsia |
Species: | G. sinensis
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Binomial name | |
Gleditsia sinensis |
Gleditsia sinensis, known as zào jiá (皂荚) or Chinese honey locust and black locust in English, is a species of flowering plant native to Asia.
Zao jia grows as a tree up to 30 m tall. Spines are often branching and are robust, terete, conical and up to 16 cm in length. Leaves are pinnate. Flowers are yellowish-white and polygamous with male flowers being 9-10 mm in diameter and bisexual flowers being 10-12 mm in diameter with slightly longer petals and sepals. Flowers have 4 petals and 4 sepals. [2]
In China, Gleditsia sinensis is commonly known as zào jiá [1] ( traditional Chinese: 皂莢; simplified Chinese: 皂荚). The English equivalents include Chinese honey locust (or Chinese honeylocust), [3] soap bean [4] and soap pod. [5]
Zao jia is one of 14 species in the Gleditsia genus in the Caesalpinioideae subfamily of the legume family. [6] Of these, Gleditsia caspica is the closest phylogenetic relative of G. sinensis. [7]
It is one of the "50 fundamental herbs" used in traditional Chinese medicine. Gleditsia sinensis has been used in China for at least 2000 years as a detergent. [8] The thorns of Gleditsia sinensis are used as a medicinal herb in China and Korea and may have antitumor properties. [9] The thorns of Gleditsia sinensis LAM. (Leguminosae) have been used in traditional medicine for the treatment of inflammatory diseases including swelling, suppuration, carbuncle and skin diseases. [10]
Gleditsia sinensis Lam. Caesalpiniaceae. Soap bean.
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Gleditsia sinensis | |
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Gleditsia sinensis trunk with thorns | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
Genus: | Gleditsia |
Species: | G. sinensis
|
Binomial name | |
Gleditsia sinensis |
Gleditsia sinensis, known as zào jiá (皂荚) or Chinese honey locust and black locust in English, is a species of flowering plant native to Asia.
Zao jia grows as a tree up to 30 m tall. Spines are often branching and are robust, terete, conical and up to 16 cm in length. Leaves are pinnate. Flowers are yellowish-white and polygamous with male flowers being 9-10 mm in diameter and bisexual flowers being 10-12 mm in diameter with slightly longer petals and sepals. Flowers have 4 petals and 4 sepals. [2]
In China, Gleditsia sinensis is commonly known as zào jiá [1] ( traditional Chinese: 皂莢; simplified Chinese: 皂荚). The English equivalents include Chinese honey locust (or Chinese honeylocust), [3] soap bean [4] and soap pod. [5]
Zao jia is one of 14 species in the Gleditsia genus in the Caesalpinioideae subfamily of the legume family. [6] Of these, Gleditsia caspica is the closest phylogenetic relative of G. sinensis. [7]
It is one of the "50 fundamental herbs" used in traditional Chinese medicine. Gleditsia sinensis has been used in China for at least 2000 years as a detergent. [8] The thorns of Gleditsia sinensis are used as a medicinal herb in China and Korea and may have antitumor properties. [9] The thorns of Gleditsia sinensis LAM. (Leguminosae) have been used in traditional medicine for the treatment of inflammatory diseases including swelling, suppuration, carbuncle and skin diseases. [10]
Gleditsia sinensis Lam. Caesalpiniaceae. Soap bean.
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cite book}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link)