Fabaceae FAMILY

Gleditsia australis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Gleditsia australis is a deciduous tree growing 3 - 20 metres tall. The trunk and branches are armed with robust, branched spines 3 - 5cm long[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and hair shampoo. It is sometimes cultivated and traded for medicinal use and for its pods, which are used to make a popular hair shampoo in Vietnam[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China (Guangdong, Guangxi ), northern and central Vietnam

HabitatGentle slopes, mountain valleys, forests, near roads, by streams, sunny places[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].