Locust tree

Updated on Dec 07, 2024

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Locust tree can mean:

Any of a number of tree species in the genera Gleditsia or Robinia, including:

Or less commonly, "African locust bean tree" (Parkia biglobosa), which is also known as néré

Also not commonly, the carob tree, Ceratonia siliqua, whose pods are called locust beans.

Etymology

In North America and Greece the term "locust" (gr. akris) was applied to the pods of the carob tree, that somehow resemble the insect. By extension many other pod carrying trees have been called "locust tree".

References

Locust tree Wikipedia

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