HONEYLOCUST (Twig, three-quarters natural size; leaves and [fruit], one-quarter natural size)
The [FRUIT], a 10 to 18 inch [pod], is often twisted, 1 to 1½ inches wide, flat, dark brown or black when ripe, and contains a yellow sweetish pulp and dark brown seeds. The seeds are hard and separated by pulp. The pods are eaten by many animals, and as the seeds are hard to digest, many are widely scattered from the parent tree.
The WOOD is coarse-grained, hard, strong, and moderately durable in contact with the ground.
Honeylocust is a good tree to substitute for the black locust which has been almost exterminated in West Texas by the locust borer.
TEXAS HONEYLOCUST (G. texana Sarg.), found in the Brazos River bottomlands, is reported to be a [hybrid] between G. triacanthos and G. aquatica.
WATERLOCUST
Gleditsia aquatica Marsh.
In river bottoms and swamps along the Gulf Coast to the Brazos River and north to Arkansas is found the waterlocust, a close relative of the well-known black locust. It can be distinguished by the small [pod] having one seed, rarely two or three.
WATERLOCUST (One-half natural size)
The waterlocust reaches a height of 60 feet and diameter up to 3 feet. The trunk is usually short, dividing into several spreading, and often distorted, branches. The branchlets have sharp spines from 3 to 5 inches in length, dark red and shiny.