Can I carry Gleditsia sinensis in front of the ancestral temple?

Gleditsia sinensis is often planted as a town house tree in the courtyard or behind the house. From the perspective of geomantic omen, it means to drive away evil spirits and avoid disasters, which is an auspicious omen. At the same time, because the legendary Gleditsia sinensis can keep safe, people give it the meaning of looking forward to the health of its family; The soapiness of Gleditsia sinensis is similar to that of jujube, so it also means early promotion.

Gleditsia sinensis, the standard Chinese name "Gleditsia sinensis", belongs to Gleditsia sinensis in Leguminosae.

Gleditsia sinensis is a deciduous tree. The height of the tree can reach 15 to 20 meters, the crown can reach 15 meters, the thorns are thick, reddish brown, often branched, with 4 to 7 pairs of leaflets. Leaflets are ovate, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, 3-8 cm long and 1 3.5 cm wide, and the apex is obtuse and sometimes convex. Flowers are heterozygous, forming axillary terminal racemes. All flowers are villous, calyx bell-shaped, lobes 4, ovate-lanceolate, petals 4, yellowish white, oval or oblong, stamens 8, long 4, short 4, ovary strip-shaped, flat, pod angle straight and flat, shiny, dark purple, covered with white powder, length1 Spines are mostly branched. The main thorn is cylindrical, 5 to 15 cm long, 8 to 12 mm thick at the base and sharp at the end. Branching spines are generally 1.5 to 7 cm long, and sometimes split into mucro. The surface is brownish purple, the tip is reddish brown, smooth or with fine wrinkles, hard and not easy to break. The xylem is yellow and white, and the center is grayish brown. It blooms in May every year, and the fruit ripens and has thorns in June 5438+ 10.

Mostly in plains, valleys and hilly areas. But it can be distributed at the altitude of 1600 meters in warm areas. Nature likes light but a little cloudy, likes warm and humid climate and deep and fertile soil, but has low requirements for soil, and can grow normally in calcareous, saline-alkali and even clay or sand. Gleditsia sinensis grows slowly but has a long life span of 600 to 700 years. Belongs to a deep-rooted tree species. It takes six to eight years for vegetative growth to blossom and bear fruit. But its fruiting period can be as long as hundreds of years.