Locust Tree
a name given in different parts of the world to different trees of the natural order Leguminosæ.
The Carob tree is often SO called in the tree is often so called in the countries bordering on the Mediterranean, and its pods are the locust beans of the stores. The locust tree of the also called the false acacia, or thorn a United States (Robinia pseud-acacia), acacia, and on the continent of Europe and in Great Britain very generally the valuable and extremely acacia, is beautiful tree. The wood, known as acacia, is a valuable and extremely cust wood, is useful for all purposes in which great strength, and especially toughness, is required; "locust," indeed, is the slang term in the United States for a policeman's baton. The honey locust tree of the United States is a gleditschia. The locust tree of the West Indies is Hymenæa courbaril , a gigantic tree whose pods also supply a nutritious matter, a mealy substance in which the 1 additio pself in philosophic hrough b rame inter Ind gradua mmunicat From 1 of the Soci The dent le war was bok called to be an from his ok discussion lecture to discussin His po Views rs of S of Faith Soul" ); "Con iter London, ying Entered led a -1591 h The chie Long Wound Cooking 169 Robe LODE pods are embedded. The bark of the tree is anthelmintic ; it yields a kind of resin called anime , and it is valuable as a timber tree, the timber (also known as locust wood) being close-grained and tough.