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Honey Locust
Gleditsia triacanthos
Honey Locust · Acacia de tres espinas · Almindelig Tretorn · Amerikaanse christusdoorn · Amerikaanse driedoring · Amerikaanse gleditsia · Amerikanische Gleditschia · Common Honey-locust · Common Honeylocust · Falscher Christusdorn · Fevier · Févier d'Amérique · Févier d'Amérique, Févier à épines triples
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Portuguese, Lesotho, French, Spanish
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Anodyne, Coffee, Fodder, Fruit
Science studied: ALKALOID, ASH, CARBOHYDRATES, (+)-CATECHIN
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Fabaceae
Scientific name: Gleditsia triacanthos
Common names: Honey Locust, Acacia de tres espinas, Almindelig Tretorn, Amerikaanse christusdoorn, Amerikaanse driedoring, Amerikaanse gleditsia, Amerikanische Gleditschia, Common Honey-locust, Common Honeylocust, Falscher Christusdorn, Fevier, Févier d'Amérique, Févier d'Amérique, Févier à épines triples
History
The source record documents this plant in Portuguese, Lesotho, French, Spanish, Elsewhere.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Anodyne
- Coffee
- Fodder
- Fruit
- Mydriatic
- Narcotic
- Oxytoxic
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Portuguese
- Lesotho
- French
- Spanish
- Elsewhere
Documented cultural uses
- Anodyne
- Coffee
- Fodder
- Fruit
- Mydriatic
- Narcotic
- Oxytoxic
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ALKALOID
- ASH
- CARBOHYDRATES
- (+)-CATECHIN
- DIHYDROXYSTEARIC-ACID
- EPICATECHOL-3-D-GLUCOSIDE-DIHYDRIATE
- FAT
- FIBER
- FUSTIN
- GALACTOSE
- GLUCURONIC-ACID
- LEUCOCYANIDIN
- MANNOGALACTAN
- N-METHYL-BETA-PHENYLETHYLAMINE
- OLMELIN
- PHOSPHORUS
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- PROTEIN
- SATIVIC-ACID
- TANNIN
- 7,3',4',5'-TETRAHYDROXYISOFLAVANOL
- TOCOPHEROLS
- TRIACANTHINE
- TRIACANTHOSIDES
- TYRAMINE
- DIHYDROXY-4-METHOXY-ISOFLAVONE
- FISETIN
- GLEDITSCHIOSIDES
- ACRAMMERIN
- 5-(3,4-DIHYDROXYCINNAMOYL)-(-)-QUINIC-ACID
- GLUCOSE
- HYPOXYSIN
- MANNOSE
- PHLOBAPHENE
- QUERCETIN-DIGLUCOSIDE
- TETRAHYDROXYSTEARIC-ACID
- CALCIUM
- ACETIC-ACID
- (-)-EPICATECHIN-3-GLUCOSIDE
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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