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Robinia pseudoacacia (Black locust)

Witakasia [Afrikaans]

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Eurosid I > Fabales > Fabaceae > Subfamily: Papilionoideae > Genus: Robinia

Robinia pseudoacacia (Black locust)
Robinia pseudoacacia (Black locust)

Robinia pseudoacacia, Keurboom Park, Cape Town, South Africa. [photos H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Has become naturalised in southern Africa and is a declared Category 2 invasive plant in South Africa.

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