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Necklacepods
Sophora
Sophora is a genus of about 45 species of small trees and shrubs in the pea family Fabaceae. The species have a pantropical distribution. The generic name is derived from sophera, an Arabic name for a pea-flowered tree.
The genus formerly had a broader interpretation including many other species now treated in other genera, notably Styphnolobium (pagoda tree genus), which differs in lacking nitrogen fixing bacteria (rhizobia) on the roots, and Dermatophyllum (the mescalbeans). Styphnolobium has galactomannans as seed polysaccharide reserve, in contrast Sophora contains arabinogalactans, and Dermatophyllum amylose.
55 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Necklace pod
speciesSophora tomentosa
Small-leaved kowhai
speciesSophora microphylla
Māmane
speciesSophora chrysophylla
Sophora macrocarpa
speciesSophora macrocarpa
Coastal Kowhai
speciesSophora chathamica
Sophora alopecuroides
speciesSophora alopecuroides
Prostrate kowhai
speciesSophora prostrata
Silky Sophora
speciesSophora nuttalliana
pelu
speciesSophora cassioides
Large-leaved kowhai
speciesSophora tetraptera
Cook Strait Kowhai
speciesSophora molloyi
Shrubby sophora
speciesSophora flavescens
Fringeleaf necklacepod
speciesSophora stenophylla
Waitakere Kowhai
speciesSophora fulvida
brush sophora
speciesSophora fraseri
Sophora denudata
speciesSophora denudata
Sophora pachycarpa
speciesSophora pachycarpa
Sophora davidii
speciesSophora davidii
Godley's Kowhai
speciesSophora godleyi
Sophora longicarinata
speciesSophora longicarinata
western necklace-pod
speciesSophora leachiana
Lord Howe kowhai
speciesSophora howinsula
Toromiro
speciesSophora toromiro
Sophora moorcroftiana
speciesSophora moorcroftiana
Sophora jaubertii
speciesSophora jaubertii
Sophora songarica
speciesSophora songarica
African Pagoda Tree
speciesSophora inhambanensis
Sophora mollis
speciesSophora mollis
Sophora koreensis
speciesSophora koreensis
Sophora fernandeziana
speciesSophora fernandeziana
Sophora exigua
speciesSophora exigua
Sophora tonkinensis
speciesSophora tonkinensis
Sophora velutina
speciesSophora velutina
Sophora linearifolia
speciesSophora linearifolia
Sophora albopetiolulata
speciesSophora albopetiolulata
Sophora prazeri
speciesSophora prazeri
Kōwhai hybrid
hybridSophora microphylla x prostrata
Sophora franchetiana
speciesSophora franchetiana
Sophora lehmannii
speciesSophora lehmannii
Sophora huamotensis
speciesSophora huamotensis
Sophora masafuerana
speciesSophora masafuerana
Sophora rapaensis
speciesSophora rapaensis
Sophora albescens
speciesSophora albescens
Sophora wightii
speciesSophora wightii
Sophora chathamica × microphylla
hybridSophora chathamica × microphylla
Sophora saxicola
speciesSophora saxicola
Sophora gibbosa
speciesSophora gibbosa
Sophora macnabiana
speciesSophora macnabiana
Sophora yunnanensis
speciesSophora yunnanensis
Sophora praetorulosa
speciesSophora praetorulosa
Sophora chathamica × fulvida
hybridSophora chathamica × fulvida
Sophora interrupta
speciesSophora interrupta
Sophora mangarevaensis
speciesSophora mangarevaensis
Sophora raivavaeensis
speciesSophora raivavaeensis
Sophora longipes
speciesSophora longipes
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Bencao Gangmu, Volume Upper-Middle
李時珍 · 1596 · p.51
Illustrated Herbal Primer
Chen Jiamo (陳嘉謨) · 1628 · p.163
Illustrated Herbal Primer
Chen Jiamo (陳嘉謨) · 1628 · p.185
Christoph Jakob Trew — Uitgezochte planten (1771)
Christoph Jakob Trew · 1771 · p.218
Christoph Jakob Trew — Uitgezochte planten (1771)
Christoph Jakob Trew · 1771 · p.206
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 8)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.10
Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration
Xu Guangqi · 1909 · p.802
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 70037.