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Gleditsia japonica, the Japanese locust, is a deciduous tree in the pea family, native from the eastern Himalayas to China, Korea and Japan, and used as a street tree in parts of China and Europe. It is a hardy, sun-loving tree that tolerates city conditions.
Gleditsia japonica, the Japanese locust, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the eastern Himalayas, central and southern China, Manchuria, Korea, and central and southern Japan. It is used as a street tree in a number of cities in China and Europe.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gleditsia japonica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
