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432 The Book of Woodcraft Honey or Sweet Locust, Three-thorned Acacia. {Gleditsia triacanthos) A tall tree up to 140 feet high; very thorny. Wood dark, hard, strong, coarse, heavy. A cubic foot weighs 42 lbs. Leaves single or double pinnate; leaflets | to i| inches long. It is very durable as posts, etc. Pods 6 to 12 inches long. So called because of the sweet stuff in which its seeds are packed. Chiefly Mississippi Valley, but common in the East along roadsides. Pod is i life size
