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Robinia

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Robinia

Genus of deciduous trees and shrubs in the family Leguminosae, native to North America. The false acacia or black locust R. pseudoacacia, reaches a height of 25 m/80 ft and has straight thorns on its young twigs. It is often grown in parks and gardens, and has become naturalised outside its native USA. The rose acacia R. hispida and R. kelseyi are also widely cultivated.
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Something analogous occurs in grafting; for Thouin found that three species of Robinia, which seeded freely on their own roots, and which could be grafted with no great difficulty on another species, when thus grafted were rendered barren.
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