Gleditsia sinensis (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Gleditsia sinensis Lamk
- Protologue: Encycl. 2: 465 (1788).
Distribution
G. sinensis is found in southern China and Vietnam. It is cultivated in India for the pods.
Uses
See under genus.
Observations
- A tree up to 12 m tall, branches armed with branched, terete thorns up to 20 cm long.
- Leaves up to 20 cm long, mostly pinnate and 8-18-foliolate or bipinnate with 2-6 pairs of pinnae; leaflets ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 8 cm × 3 cm, crenulate.
- Inflorescence a pendulous, downy raceme, up to 9 cm long.
- Flowers 6.5 mm in diameter, staminate flowers clustered, bisexual flowers with a pedicel up to 10 mm long.
- Fruit oblongoid, 25 cm × 3 cm, flat but thick, heavily coriaceous to woody, dark purplish brown, many-seeded.
The tree could be planted especially in the drier parts, and at higher elevations in the rest of South-East Asia.
Selected sources
- [135] Burkill, I.H., 1966. A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay Peninsula. Revised reprint. 2 volumes. Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vol. 1 (A—H) pp. 1—1240, Vol. 2 (I—Z) pp. 1241—2444.
- [215] Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, 1948—1976. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials & industrial products. 11 volumes. Publications and Information Directorate, New Delhi, India.
- [459] Huxley, A., Griffiths, M. & Levy, M., 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 4 volumes. The MacMillan Press Ltd., London, United Kingdom. 3353 pp.
- [647] Mansfeld, R., 1986. Verzeichnis landwirtschaftlicher und gärtnerischer Kulturpflanzen (ohne Zierpflanzen) [Register of agricultural and horticultural plants in cultivation (without ornamentals)]. Schultze-Motel, J. et al. (Editors). 2nd Edition. 4 volumes. Springer Verlag, Berlin, Germany. 1998 pp.
- [786] Perry, L.M., 1980. Medicinal plants of East and Southeast Asia. Attributed properties and uses. MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States & London, United Kingdom. 620 pp.
- [910] Shin, N.H., Lee, K.S., Min, K.R., Kim, Y.S., Kang, S.H. & Lee, S.H., 1997. Inhibitory effects of herbal extracts on dopa oxidase activity of tyrosinase. Natural Product Sciences (Korea Republic) 3(2): 111—121.
- [1125] Zhang, Z., Koike, K., Jia, Z., Nikaido, T., Guo, D. & Zheng, J., 1999. Four new triterpenoidal saponins acylated with one monoterpenic acid from Gleditsia sinensis. Journal of Natural Products 62(5): 740—745.
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Authors
- H.C. Ong
