Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Sophora

Characteristics

Tree up to c. 12 m. tall, trunk up to 6 dm. diam. Branches spreading, young branchlets clad in fulvellous tomentum (juveniles not of divaricating form). Lvs up to 15 cm. or more long, with 10-20 pairs of lflts, sts more. Lflts 1·5-3·5 cm. × 5-8 mm., ovate to elliptic-oblong, clad above and below with silky appressed hairs, midrib distinct below. Fls up to 5 cm. long, in 4-10-fld racemes, golden yellow. Calyx 1-1·5 cm. long, clad in appressed silky hairs; standard c. 3 cm. long; wings c. 3·5 cm. long; keel c. 4·5 cm. long. Pods up to 2 dm. long, broadly winged; seeds 6 or more, yellowish, c. 7 mm. long.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 4.25 - 5.0
Mature height (meter) 10.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Streamsides, forest margins and lowland.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-9

Usage

Uses dye environmental use medicinal ornamental wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use Tumor (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 -

Distribution

Sophora tetraptera world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60464406-2
WFO ID wfo-0001055068
COL ID 38TDD
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Sophora tetraptera Edwardsia tetraptera Edwardsia grandiflora