Gleditsia triacanthos
- Height: up to 25 m
- Trunk: longitudinally fissured, detaching in elongated plates, with distinct tufted thorns
- Leaves: simple or doubly pinnate with 14-28 elliptically shaped small leafs
- Fruits/seeds: 12-40 cm long, leathery, strap-shaped, wavy-twisted legumes containing about 25 seeds
- Other: usually thorny on trunk and branches
Photos: Dorit Zimmermann (1,2,3), Viola auf Pixabay (4), Annette Meyer auf Pixabay (5)