Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Robinia pseudoacacia L.
Family : LEGUMINOSAE
Genus : Robinia
Catalan common name : Acàcia blanca. Acàcia de bola. Acàcia falsa. Almussafes. Càcia. Castellserà. Robínia. Ultramort.
Spanish common name : Acacia blanca.
Province distribution : Alicante. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castellón. Gerona. Lérida. Tarragona. Valencia.
General distribution : North American
Flowering time : April. May. June.
Life-forms : Macrophanerophyte.
Habitat : Gardens and sometimes naturalizated.
IUCN Category : Poco preocupante
Characteristics : A tree which can reach up to 25 m in height, yet is generally shorter. In the islands it has been planted in gardens and along roadsides, it lives as a subspontaneous in many places. It is originally from North America. It has composite leaves with several pairs of oval leaflets and one terminal one; it is deciduous in winter. The flowers are white, grouped in dense racemes which hang down in a very visible way. The fruits are pods which can be up to 10 cm long, brown, with very marked seeds in the valves. It flowers at the end of spring.
Observations : La fusta s´empra per confeccionar mobiliari robust, mànecs de ferramentes etc.
Status : Alien species.
Origen : Centre i Est d´Estats Units
Location on-campus UIB : Es poden observar alguns exemplars a l'entrada principal del Campus, entrada principal de l'edifici Guillem Colom Casasnovas i entre aquest i l'edifici Mateu Orfila.
Flowering period : May-june
