Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:722. 1753
Verified:
07/31/1987
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
black locust – false acacia – Afrikaans
witakasia – French
robinier – German
Robinie – Italian
robinia – Spanish
falsa acacia – robinia – Swedish
robinia – Transcribed Chinese
ci huai – Transcribed Korean
akasianamu –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Illinois | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Missouri | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Oklahoma | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Pennsylvania | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | West Virginia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Georgia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Kentucky | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Georgia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Korea | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Kazakhstan | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Tajikistan | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Uzbekistan | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Russian Far East | Russian Federation | Primorye | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
2 | Cultivated | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Australasia | New Zealand | New Zealand | | |
2 | Cultivated | Europe | | Europe | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Armenia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Azerbaijan | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Georgia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Korea | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Cyprus | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Israel | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | New Zealand | New Zealand | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | East Europe | Belarus | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | East Europe | Estonia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | East Europe | Latvia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | East Europe | Lithuania | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | East Europe | Moldova | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | East Europe | Russian Federation-European part | European part | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | East Europe | Ukraine | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Middle Europe | Austria | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Middle Europe | Belgium | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Middle Europe | Czech Republic | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Middle Europe | Germany | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Middle Europe | Hungary | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Middle Europe | Netherlands | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Middle Europe | Switzerland | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Northern Europe | United Kingdom | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Albania | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Bulgaria | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Greece | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Romania | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | Canada | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | United States | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Chile | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Uruguay | | |
Native
Northern America
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NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma]
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NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Pennsylvania, West Virginia]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Georgia, Kentucky]
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
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CAUCASUS:
Georgia
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CHINA:
China
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EASTERN ASIA:
Korea, Japan
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MIDDLE ASIA:
Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
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RUSSIAN FAR EAST:
Russian Federation [Primorye]
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Pakistan
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia
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NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand
Europe
Naturalized
Africa
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
Asia-Temperate
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CAUCASUS:
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
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CHINA:
China
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EASTERN ASIA:
Korea, Japan
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WESTERN ASIA:
Cyprus, Israel, Turkey
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Pakistan
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia
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NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand
Europe
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EAST EUROPE:
Russian Federation-European part [European part], Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Ukraine
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MIDDLE EUROPE:
Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands
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NORTHERN EUROPE:
United Kingdom
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain, France
Northern America
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REGION:
Canada, United States
Southern America
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Chile, Uruguay
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Bee plants | honey production | | Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. 1970 |
Environmental | erosion control | | Little, E. L., Jr. Important forest trees of the United States. 1978 |
Environmental | ornamental | | Little, E. L., Jr. Important forest trees of the United States. 1978 |
Environmental | revegetator | | Fowells, H. A. Silvics of forest trees of the United States. 1965 |
Environmental | shade/shelter | | Little, E. L., Jr. Important forest trees of the United States. 1978 |
Environmental | soil improver | | Fowells, H. A. Silvics of forest trees of the United States. 1965 |
Fuels | potential as fuelwood | | Nasir, S. M. & M. Athar. 1998. Fuelwood as an energy source. Phytologia 85:106. |
Materials | wood | | Little, E. L., Jr. Important forest trees of the United States. 1978 |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. 1985 |
Weed | | | Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003 |
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