Gleditsia triacanthos

Honey locust, sweet locust

Tree up to 22 m high, with or without branched thorns. Bipinnate leaves 15-20 cm long with oval undulate leaflets 1-3 cm long. Small flowers in spikes, 3-10 cm long. Pods straight, crescent-shaped, rarely twisted, 40-50 cm long. Cultivated especially in drier areas as a fodder plant.

As % of dry matter

DM

CP

CF

Ash

EE

NFE

Ca

P

Ref

Pods, South Africa

23.1

12.7

5.4

4.6

54.2

296

Seeds, South Africa

92.8

10.6

21.1

3.9

0.8

63.6

0.28

0.32

193