Robinia
Robinia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, tribe Robinieae, native to North America. Commonly known as locusts, they are deciduous trees and shrubs growing tall. The leaves are pinnate with 7–21 oval leaflets. The flowers are white or pink, in usually pendulous racemes. Many species have thorny shoots, and several have sticky hairs on the shoots.
Species
FamilyFabaceae
Native toAlabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina
General: are sister to the Gliricidia and Robinia groups. Within Use: Robinia pseudoacacia L. (black locust) and R. hispida L
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Research
984 papers- [Robinia pseudoacacia poisoning].Anales de pediatria (Barcelona, Spain : 2003) · 2009
- Identification of Robinia pseudoacacia target proteins responsive to Mesorhizobium amphore CCNWGS0123 effector protein NopT.Journal of experimental botany · 2020
- Robinia pseudoacacia-dominated vegetation types of Southern Europe: Species composition, history, distribution and management.The Science of the total environment · 2020
- Fermentation of Robinia pseudoacacia flower for improving the antioxidation: optimized conditions, active composition, mechanism, and biotransformation process.Preparative biochemistry & biotechnology · 2023
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- Toxicity
- Species
- Hybrids
- References
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Robinia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, tribe Robinieae, native to North America. Commonly known as locusts, they are deciduous trees and shrubs growing tall. The leaves are pinnate with 7–21 oval leaflets. The flowers are white or pink, in usually pendulous racemes. Many species have thorny shoots, and several have sticky hairs on the shoots.
The genus is named after the royal French gardeners Jean Robin and his son Vespasien Robin, who introduced the plant to Europe in 1601.