Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)

Family: Fabaceae or Leguminosae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Bloom Color: Yellow. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Oval, Rounded.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer

Flavor & Culinary Uses

taste like raw peas. — Seed - raw or cooked.; It can contain up to 30% sugar.; Young seeds taste like raw peas.; Seeds are not always borne in maritime regions because the tree prefers long hot summers.

Habitat & North American Range

Usually growing singly, though occasionally forming almost pure woods, on the borders of streams and in rich woods, usually in moist fertile soils but sometimes on dry sterile gravelly hills. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)