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PEA FAMILY 



T\obir?ia bispida 



T\obir?ia pseud-acacia 



Robinia pseud-acacia Linne 1753 Common Locust False Acacia 



A tree 6-20 meters (20-60 ft.) high and a trunk diameter of 20-40 

 cm. ; bark nearly black, rough and deeply furrowed ; twigs glabrous, with 

 opines in pairs (stipules); leaves 12-25cm. long, leaflets 11-15, ovate to 

 oblong, 2-6 cm. long, 1-3 cm. wide, glabrous, margin entire, petioles short; 

 racemes slender, 9-20 cm. long, loose, flowers white, fragrant, about 2 cm. 

 long; pod smooth, 6-12 cm. long, flat, brown, 1.2 cm. wide: pseud- 

 acacia, false acacia. 



Along the mountains from Pa. to Ga. and in the Ozark mountains of 

 Mo., also in Ark. and Oklahoma. Extensively planted as an ornamental 



