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Parkinsonia aculeata, Linn. Jerusalem Thorn. Small glabrous tree, up to 10 ft. tall, the slender zigzag branches often pendulous: leaves 8-16 in. long, with spiny petioles 1/2-l in. long; leaflets numerous, very small, distant, linear to linear-oblanceolate, ,' 1/2-4 in. long, inequilateral, on slender petioles; rachis winged, 1/2-1 1/2 ft- long: racemes slender, axillary, 3-6 in.long; flowers fragrant, pendulous; calyx glabrous, tube very short, lobes oblong, reflexed, exceeding the tube; petals yellow, 3/8-5/8 in. long, blades suborbicular or oval, longer than the claws; stamens and ovary pubescent: pods narrow, 2-4 in. long, constricted between the seeds; seeds oblong. Probably tropical America.  
Parkinsonia aculeata, Linn. Jerusalem Thorn. Small glabrous tree, up to 10 ft. tall, the slender zigzag branches often pendulous: lvs. 8-16 in. long, with spiny petioles 1/2-l in. long; lfts. numerous, very small, distant, linear to linear-oblanceolate, ,' 1/2-4 in. long, inequilateral, on slender petioles; rachis winged, 1/2-1 1/2 ft- long: racemes slender, axillary, 3-6 in.long; fls. fragrant, pendulous; calyx glabrous, tube very short, lobes oblong, reflexed, exceeding the tube; petals yellow, 3/8-5/8 in. long, blades suborbicular or oval, longer than the claws; stamens and ovary pubescent: pods narrow, 2-4 in. long, constricted between the seeds; seeds oblong. Probably Trop. Amer. S.S. 3:131.
 
 
 
 
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Lifespan: perennial
Origin: ?
Cultivation
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Read about Parkinsonia aculeata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Parkinsonia aculeata, Linn. Jerusalem Thorn. Small glabrous tree, up to 10 ft. tall, the slender zigzag branches often pendulous: leaves 8-16 in. long, with spiny petioles 1/2-l in. long; leaflets numerous, very small, distant, linear to linear-oblanceolate, ,' 1/2-4 in. long, inequilateral, on slender petioles; rachis winged, 1/2-1 1/2 ft- long: racemes slender, axillary, 3-6 in.long; flowers fragrant, pendulous; calyx glabrous, tube very short, lobes oblong, reflexed, exceeding the tube; petals yellow, 3/8-5/8 in. long, blades suborbicular or oval, longer than the claws; stamens and ovary pubescent: pods narrow, 2-4 in. long, constricted between the seeds; seeds oblong. Probably tropical America. CH


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