Re: Snake Trees and other Flora

On Mon, 25 Oct 1999 13:47:27 -0700 Barry Garcia
<Barry_Garcia@...> writes:
> Hmm I'm not sure but I think they may be Honey Locusts  (Gleditsia
> triacanthos)
Thanks!

> Heres the description from my Sunset Western Garden Book:
>
> GLEDITSIA triacanthos
> Honey Locust
> Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
> Also if its the species, the branches and trunk are often "formidably
> thorny". One variety of G. t. inermis is thornless
Yup, that's it.  Brutal looking things.  These thin sharp clusters of
spikes just suddenly pop out of the main trunk, and you don't remember
seeing them growing - just one day you get too close and notice them
(hopefully) just in time.

> The name Honey Locust most likely comes from the sweetness of the
> pulp
> inside the beans.
So they're edible?  Cool...

I guess Snake Tree something will be my first Rokbeigalmki recipe :-) .


-Stephen (Steg)
 "schwa, schwa, schwa, everything's a schwa with you!"

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