Parkinsonia aculeata L.

Spice Detail Flower In the city

Family: LEGUMINOSAE

Genus: Parkinsonia

Catalan common name: Parkinsònia.

Spanish common name: Cina. Cinacina. Espinillo. Espino de Jerusalén. Palo verde. Parkinsonia.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Castelló. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Neotropical

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Macrophanerophyte.

Habitats: Garden plants. Gardens and naturalizated.

Characteristics: A deciduous tree, that is not very tall and with small hanging branches. Leaves are bipinnate where the pinnae emerge from the same origin. The leaf raquis has a series of spines. Each pinna is made up of numerous alternate folioles. The flowers are arranged in axillary racemes, yellow in colour with purple spots. The fruit is pod shaped (a legume) 3-14 cm. in length, elongate and compressed between the seeds.