Jump to content

Locust tree

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 2601:19b:c600:fe06:7964:a9a4:93a4:2b69 (talk) at 18:22, 16 September 2018. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Locust tree can mean:

  • Any of a number of tree editsia aquatica), a leguminous tree with one seed per pod
  • Or less commonly, "African locust bean tree" (Parkia biglobosa), which is also known as néré
  • Also not commonly, the carob tree, Ceratonia siliqua, whose pods are called locust beans.
  • Latin name: Betula

Etymology

In North America and Greece the term "locust" (gr. akris) was applied to the pods of the carob tree, that somehow resemble the insect. By extension many other pod carrying trees have been called "locust tree". [1]

References