Gleditsia ferox

Gleditsia ferox - Chinese honey locust


Description and Uses

Gleditsia ferox (Chinese honey locust) is a temperate tree from North China . It is mainly grown for its timber crops , which have a long shelf life. The crop is harvested by total removing. It starts flowering after 5 - 6 years. The yield will be 350 kg pods/y, but in its top season there will be a yield of 30m/tree after 55 years. Other crop types include; vegetable, . The seed/nut is used as spice . The seed/nut is used as " plant part " with Galactose (20 - 22%) as its significant phytochemical. There is ferox locust oil extracted by solvent extraction from the tree's seed/nut yielding 1% - 5% oil. The tree's wood is called Ferox locust wood and has a density of 700 - 800 kg/m³. Regarding firewood production the tree's growing speed is fast, it's energetic value is 4000 ckal/kg and the wood's drying speed is medium. After 55 years the tree can be totally removed as it reached its commercial and ecological goal. Gleditsia ferox has a lifespan of 110 years.


Environmental limitations

The tree is 30 meters tall with a crown of 20 meters wide. The tree prefers a planting distance of 600 cm and a row distance of 600 cm. It is very fast growing and partial shade tolerant. Gleditsia ferox has a deep root-system and it has symbiotic associations with the Glomus intraradices fungi (endo-mycorrhiza). It is able to fix nitrogen moderately with "Rhizobiaceae bacteria. The name(s) or string of bacteria include(s) "Rhizobium mongolense ". The tree's flower-morphology is polygamomonoecious and is pollinated by bees. Gleditsia ferox is deciduous in winter and not allelopathic and has thorns.

Gleditsia ferox thrives in an altitude of 0 to 900 meters above sea-level (temperate). The minimum temperature is -35°C; optimally between 13 - 30°C. The optimal rainfall is 1300 mm/year. Without irrigation the annual rainfall should be between 500 - 1600mm (L/m²). The optimal soil-pH is between 5.0 - 8.0 in a soil texture of sand. To salt it is a bit tolerant to wind tolerant and to fire a bit tolerant.


Pests and Diseases

Gleditsia ferox is susceptible to the following pests: Eotetranychus tiliarium , Eotetranychus multidigituli , Amblycerus robiniae . And it's susceptible to the following diseases: Collar rot , Twig cancer , .


Seed Propagation

Seeds are stratificant and can be stored for 14 months. There are approximative 4400 seeds/kg. The seeds can be propagated as followed:

  • (1) Store harvested seeds moisty at a chilling temperature of 3-7 degrees C for 2-4 months
  • (2) Soak the seeds overnight in warm water before sowing.
  • (3) Remove the seeds from cold to a permanent warm temperature.

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Species
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Rosids
Fabales
Fabaceae
Caesalpinioideae
Gleditsia ferox
Chinese honey locust
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Parameter Rating
Fruit

Nut

Apiculture

Fodder

Medicinal

Oil

Timber

Grow-speed

Firewood

2.00
 
2.00
 
4.00
 
3.00
 
2.00
 
3.00
 
0.00
 
4.00
 
2.2