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Common name

English: Jerusalem Thorn

German: Jerusalemdorn

Mandarin: 扁轴木 (bian zhou mu)

Portuguese: Espinho de Jerusalém

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Fabales (241)

        Family: Fabaceae (241)(family description)

          Genus: Parkinsonia (1)

            Epithet: aculeata L. (1)

Synonym: Parkinsonia thornberi M.E.Jones

aculeata => with thorns, prickly and pointed

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical, tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Flower colour: yellow

External links

Check for Parkinsonia aculeata at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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