Sophora L. Sophora japonica, L.

5. Sophora L. View in CoL 1

(Inch Goebelia Bunge ex Boiss. )

Deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs, or stout perennial herbs. Leaves imparipinnate; stipules small, usually linear, scarious. Flowers in terminal racemes or panicles. Calyx tubular or tubularcampanulate, slightly bilabiate; stamens free. Legume stipitate, constricted between the seeds and often moniliform, indéhiscent or tardily dehiscent. Seeds few or many, rarely 1.

1 Trees; flowers in panicles 1. japonica

1 Herbs; flowers in racemes

2 Leaflets densely pubescent or villous above; corolla white 2. alopecuroides

2 Leaflets glabrous or sparsely pubescent above; corolla pale

yellow 3. jaubertii

1. S. japonica L. View in CoL , Mantissa 68 (1767).

Tree up to 25 m. Leaflets 3-8 pairs, 25-50 x 12-20 mm, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, dark green and shining above, glaucous or pubescent beneath. Flowers in large terminal panicles. Corolla 10-15 mm, creamy white or pale pink. Legume 50-80 mm, glabrous. Frequently planted for ornament and locally naturalized. [Cz Ga Rm.] (E. Asia.)