Robinia pseudoacacia L. - Accepted: Robinia pseudoacacia L. bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Fabaceae (Leguminosae, Papilionaceae) (APG III)
Robinia pseudoacacia L. - Accepted: Robinia pseudoacacia L. bei Zander 2008; Familie: Fabaceae (Leguminosae, Papilionaceae) (Zander 2008)
Robinia pseudoacacia L. - Accepted: Robinia pseudoacacia L. bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Fabaceae (Leguminosae, Papilionaceae) (APG III)
Robinia pseudoacacia L. - Accepted: Robinia pseudoacacia L. bei Schmeil-Fitschen 2019; Familie: Fabaceae (Leguminosae, Papilionaceae) (APG IV)
Robinia pseudoacacia L. - Accepted: Robinia pseudoacacia L. bei BfN Checklist Flora DE; Familie: Fabaceae (Leguminosae, Papilionaceae) (APG IV)

Color of flower

white to cream white

Flowers

hermaphrodite flowers; fragrant flowers in pendulous racemes

Flower ecology

insect-pollinated (entomophilous)

Life form

woody, tree

Leaves

imparipinnate compound, 10-30 cm long, leaflets opposite

Foliage persistence

deciduous

Fruits

dark brown, 5-10 cm long legume with 4-10 seeds

Fruit ecology

wind-dispersed (anemochorous) and gravity-dispersed (barochorous)

Soil conditions

on fresh to moderately dry, nutrient-rich, medium to deep, loose, sandy gravel or loam soils

Light conditions

sunny

Root type

intense root system

Succession type

pioneer of immature soil, soil stabiliser

Natural occurrence (habitat)

oak forests, coppice forests, roadsides; from lowland to middle highland

Comment to ecology

accumulates nitrogen due to rhizobia symbiosis, soil quality improver, beekeeping plant

Vegetation typ and synecology (plant community)

temperate deciduous forests; e.g. in the association Balloto-Robinietum

Constraints according moisture

not tolerant of waterlogging

Safety advice

toxic!

Status of alien naturalisation

often cultivated at roadsides and in park areas or silvicultural introduced and escaped; established neophyte

Life span

60-100 years (in rare cases over 300 years old)

Usage

wood is used as firewood; wood is suitable for fence posts, boatbuilding, furniture, flooring and railway sleepers; flowers can be used for obtaining honey and for cooking, e.g. as sirup

Bark

greyish brown to dark brown bark

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