Sophora flavescens Aiton

Shrubby sophora (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Sophora

Characteristics

Herbs or subshrubs, 1-2 m. Stem striped, pilose when young. Leaves 20-25(-30) cm; stipules lanceolate, 6-8 mm, acuminate; leaflets 13-25, elliptic, ovate, or lanceolate, 3-4(-6) × (0.5-)1.2-2 cm, papery, pilose or glabrescent abaxially, gla­brous adaxially, base cuneate or slightly cordate, apex obtuse or acute. Racemes terminal, 15-25 cm. Flowers many, widely spaced; pedicel slender, ca. 7 mm; bracts linear, ca. 2.5 mm. Ca­lyx campanulate, oblique; teeth not obvious, sparsely pubes­cent. Corolla white, pale yellow, purple-red, or red; standard obovate-spatulate, 14-15 × 6-7 mm, apex rounded or retuse, narrowing to a claw; wings rugose, claw equal to blade, ca. 13 mm; keel similar to wings, slightly broader, ca. 4 mm wide. Stamens 10, free or slightly fused at base. Ovary nearly ses­sile, hairy; ovules many; style slightly curved. Legumes 5-10 cm, slightly constricted between seeds, slightly quadrangular, sparsely or densely pubescent or glabrescent, 4-valvate. Seeds 1-5, red-brown or purple-brown, long ovoid, slightly com­pressed. Fl. Jun-Aug, fr. Jul-Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0
Mature height (meter) 1.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Scrub on mountain slopes, river valleys, especially on sandy soils. Grassy places in lowland and waste ground, C. and S. Japan. Scrub, hill slopes, farm fields; at elevations up to 1,500 metres.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible roots seeds
Therapeutic use Scabies (unspecified), Scrofula (unspecified), Stomachic (unspecified), Antitrichomonal agents (root), Liver diseases (root), Alexiteric (unspecified), Antidiarrheic (unspecified), Antiphlogistic (unspecified), Astringent (unspecified), Bitter-Principle (unspecified), Carminative (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Enteritis (unspecified), Enterorrhagia (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Hivess (unspecified), Jaundice (unspecified), Metrorrhagia (unspecified), Piles (unspecified), Rash (unspecified), Trichomoniasis (unspecified), Vaginitis (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified), Bactericide (unspecified), Cancer(Breast) (unspecified), Carbuncle (unspecified), Hemorrhage (unspecified), Leprosy (unspecified), Restorative (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Anti-infective agents (unspecified), Psoriasis (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 10 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 29
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Sophora flavescens unspecified picture

Distribution

Sophora flavescens world distribution map, present in China, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Mongolia, Russian Federation, and Taiwan, Province of China

Conservation status

Sophora flavescens threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:518831-1
WFO ID wfo-0000185581
COL ID 6Z765
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Sophora flavescens Sophora angustifolia Sophora glabra Sophora sororia Sophora flavescens f. angustifolia Sophora macrosperma Sophora tetragonocarpa Radiusia flavescens Sophora flavescens var. angustifolia Sophora flavescens subsp. angustifolia Sophora flavescens var. flavescens Sophora flavescens var. stenophylla Sophora angustifolia var. stenophylla Sophora mecosperma

Lower taxons

Sophora flavescens var. kronei Sophora flavescens var. galegoides