Sophora brachygyna C.Y.Ma

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Sophora

Characteristics

Trees, to 20 m or more. Bark gray-brown; branches of current year green. Leaves to 20 cm; stipules caducous; petiole obviously inflated at base, bud hidden; leaflets 9-15; stipels subulate; petiolule ca. 3 mm; blades gray-white abaxially, green adaxially, ovate-lanceolate or ovate-oblong, 2.5-4(-6) × 1.5-2(-2.5) cm, glabrescent on both surfaces, base obtuse, apex acuminate. Panicles large, to 25 cm. Bractlets caducous. Calyx shortly campanulate, ca. 4 × 4 mm; teeth absent or obscure, gray-white ciliate. Corolla white or pale yellow; standard ovate, ca. 13 × 11 mm, base cordate, apex retuse, claw ca. 3 mm; wings oblong, ca. 11 × 4 mm, 2-auriculate, claw slender, ca. 4 mm; keel similar to wings, broader, 2-auriculate. Stamens 10, nearly free. Ovary shorter than 1/2 of stamens, white pilose; style curved. Legumes moniliform, sturdy, 4-6 × ca. 1.5 cm, obviously constricted between seeds, apex beaked, neck 1-2 cm, glabrous, indehiscent. Seeds 1 or 2(-4), brown-black, ovoid, compressed, ca. 11 × 7 mm. Fl. Aug-Nov, fr. Oct-Jan.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
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Mature height (meter) 20.0
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Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 10 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 29
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
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Distribution

Sophora brachygyna world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:901026-1
WFO ID wfo-0000197279
COL ID 6Z75L
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Sophora brachygyna