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Locust tree
Index of plants with the same common name
Locust tree can mean:
- Any of a number of tree species in the genera Gleditsia or Robinia, including:
- Honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos), a leguminous tree with pods having a sweet, edible pulp
- Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia), a leguminous tree with toxic pods
- Water locust (Gleditsia aquatica), a leguminous tree with one seed per pod
- 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.
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