What is the Jerusalem thorn?

The Jerusalem thorn, also known as Parkinsonia aculeate , jelly tree and Mexican Palo Verde, is a small tree original from the southwestern United States and Mexico. It is named for long spines covering its thin branch. This plant is widely used in landscape and horticulture and is popular in warm climate and can be grown as a tree or shrub. Its thin, crying branches can crawl to a similar width. The branches are covered with thorns of 1 inch (2.5 cm) long. Young twigs and branches remain bright green for years before the bark densify and gray.

The distinctive leaves of the Jerusalem thorn consist of up to 20 pairs of oval leaflets growing from long medium midrols that resemble large feathers. Deciduous leaves spread immediately after precipitation and fall in the weather dryers. Leaflets fall first, leaving streamers-midribs before these too dry and falling. Even without leaves, the Jerusalem thorn can continue to photosynthesize through its bright green branches. Every flowerThe diameter has a thumb (2.5 cm) with five bright yellow petals. Flowers produce brown, leather bean pods.

coming from the desert of North America, the Jerusalem thorn thrives in a warm, arid climate. In areas where leaf green plants are rare, this tree is doing well and is able to survive in areas that receive less than 12 inches (30 cm) rain a year. However, it does not tolerate wet conditions and cannot survive the freezing temperatures of the northern winters.

with its irregular cup is the Jerusalem thorn more suitable for informal courts than strongly manified Gardyns. Some people allow him to spread like a low tree, and others prefer to cut it like a shrub. It is widely used in commercial and municipal landscaping to trim streets and parking lots throughout the southwest US and other hot, dry areas around the world and provide greenery in areas where irrigation is impractical.

Since it became popular as a refined tree, the Jerusalem thorn has spread to other regions. The tree also grows wildly in Florida, California, Central America, South America, the Caribbean and Western India. In the Australian northern territory, the Jerusalem thorn is highly invasive and considered weed and inconvenience.