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What are the morphological characteristics of the Chinese honey locust? A comprehensive guide in one article

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Deciduous tree, up to 15-30 m tall, trunk bark grayish-black, shallowly longitudinally fissured, trunk and branches often bearing thorns, thorns conical and mostly branched, thick and stiffly straight, branchlets grayish-green, lenticels prominent, winter buds often superimposed, once even-pinnately compound leaves, with 3-7 pairs of alternate leaflets, leaflets oblong-ovate, apex obtuse-rounded, base rounded, slightly oblique, thin leathery, margins finely toothed, both sides of the midrib on the underside and the petiole covered with white short pubescence, polygamous flowers, axillary, racemes, pedicels densely tomentose, calyx bell-shaped and tomentose, flowers yellow-white,

Deciduous tree, up to 15-30 m tall, trunk bark grayish-black, shallowly longitudinally fissured, trunk and branches often bearing thorns, thorns conical and mostly branched, thick and stiffly straight, branchlets grayish-green, lenticels prominent, winter buds often superimposed, once even-pinnately compound leaves, with 3-7 pairs of alternate leaflets, leaflets oblong-ovate, apex obtuse-rounded, base rounded, slightly oblique, thin leathery, margins finely toothed, both sides of the midrib on the underside and the petiole covered with white short pubescence, polygamous flowers, axillary, racemes, pedicels densely tomentose, calyx bell-shaped and tomentose, flowers yellow-white, both calyx and petals in fours. Pods straight and thick, up to 10-20 cm long, not twisted, black when ripe, covered with a frost-like bloom, flowering period May-June, fruit ripening September-October.

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