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Sophora tomentosa L.

Yellow necklacepod (en), Sophore tomenteux (fr), Sophora tomenteux (fr), Bois chapelet (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Sophora

Characteristics

Shrub 1–3 m. high.. Young branches, petioles, leaf-rhachides and under-surface of leaflets, inflorescences and calyces ± densely white or grey puberulous to tomentose; upper surface of leaflets densely puberulous or pubescent when young but glabrescent later.. Leaves with petiole and rhachis together 7–25 cm. long and with (4–)5–7(–9) pairs of leaflets; lateral leaflets broadly elliptic to suborbicular, up to 4 cm. long and 3 cm. wide, asymmetrical at the base with the distal side rounded and the proximal side ± cuneate, rounded at the apex; terminal leaflet slightly larger than the lateral ones, equal-sided and ± cuneate at the base.. Flowers many in terminal racemes up to 25 cm. long; bracts linear, 3–5 mm. long, caducous; pedicels 5–10 mm. long; bracteoles apparently absent.. Calyx campanulate, 4–6 mm. long, with 5 shallow teeth up to 1 mm. long.. Petals yellow; standard 14–20 mm. long, 11–14 mm. wide, the limb cuneate and gradually narrowed below to a short broad claw; wings and keel about equalling or slightly shorter than the standard.. Ovary densely ± appressed pubescent.. Fruits mostly developing 4–8 seeds.. Seeds subglobose, ± 6–7 mm. long, brownish.
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Shrubs or small trees, 2-4 m high. Branches shortly tomen­tose. Leaves 12-18 cm; stipules absent; leaflets 11-15(-19), oval or rounded, rarely ovate, 2.5-5 × 2-3.5 cm, nearly leath­ery, densely gray-white tomentose abaxially, glabrous adaxially, lateral veins obscure, base rounded, apex rounded or retuse. Racemes terminal, 10-20 cm, gray-white tomentose. Flowers dense; pedicel equal to calyx, 15-17 mm; bracts linear. Calyx campanulate, 5-6 mm, shortly tomentose. Corolla yellow or creamy white; standard broadly ovate, ca. 17 × 10 mm, claw ca. 3 mm; wings long elliptic, 1-auriculate, claw slender, ca. 5 mm; keel similar to wings, slightly shorter. Stamens 10, free. Ovary densely pubescent; style short, less than 2 mm. Legumes monil­iform, 7-10 × 0.9-1 cm, shortly hairy. Seeds many, brown, glo­bose, lustrous. Fl. Aug-Oct, fr. Sep-Dec.
A shrub or small tree. It grows 1-3 m tall.
Pending.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 3.0
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 rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Sandy foreshores or open grassland along the beach, often locally abundant.
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It is a tropical plant.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use food material medicinal non-vertebrate poison ornamental poison vertebrate poison wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use Cathartics (leaf), Biliary tract diseases (root), Cholera (root), Liver diseases (root), Antipyretics (seed), Appetite stimulants (seed), Biliary tract diseases (seed), Cathartics (seed), Cholera (seed), Liver diseases (seed), Astringent (unspecified), Bilious (unspecified), Cathartic (unspecified), Cholera (unspecified), Colic (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Dysuria (unspecified), Food poisoning (unspecified), Gonorrhea (unspecified), Hematuria (unspecified), Hemoptysis (unspecified), Insecticide (unspecified), Panacea (unspecified), Piscicide (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Pyuria (unspecified), Stomach (unspecified), Stomachic (unspecified), Sudorific (unspecified), Swelling (unspecified), Fracture (unspecified), Abdomen (unspecified), Antidote(Fish poison) (unspecified), Dropsy (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Enterosis (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Nausea (unspecified), Purgative (unspecified), Venereal (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode 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

Habit

Sophora tomentosa habit picture by pedrogc -- (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Sophora tomentosa leaf picture by pedrogc -- (cc-by-sa)
Sophora tomentosa leaf picture by Flor Alex (cc-by-sa)
Sophora tomentosa leaf picture by pedrogc -- (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Sophora tomentosa flower picture by Flor Alex (cc-by-sa)
Sophora tomentosa flower picture by pedrogc -- (cc-by-sa)
Sophora tomentosa flower picture by pedrogc -- (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Sophora tomentosa fruit picture by pedrogc -- (cc-by-sa)
Sophora tomentosa fruit picture by Renato Lima (cc-by-sa)
Sophora tomentosa fruit picture by Renato Lima (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Sophora tomentosa world distribution map, present in Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Colombia, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Ghana, Haiti, Indonesia, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Cambodia, Kiribati, Liberia, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Maldives, Mexico, Marshall Islands, Myanmar, Northern Mariana Islands, Mozambique, Mauritius, Malaysia, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Senegal, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sierra Leone, Seychelles, Togo, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, Tanzania, United Republic of, United States of America, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Sophora tomentosa threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:518954-1
WFO ID wfo-0000212096
COL ID 6Z6FS
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 445691
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Sophora koordersii Millettia koordersii Sophora tometosa Sophora fometosa Sophora tomentosa subsp. tomentosa Zanthyrsis paniculata Sophora tomentosa f. longifolia Sophora tomentosa

Lower taxons

Sophora tomentosa var. truncata Sophora tomentosa subsp. littoralis Sophora tomentosa var. littoralis Sophora tomentosa var. occidentalis Sophora tomentosa var. occidentalis Sophora tomentosa var. angustifoliolata Sophora tomentosa subsp. australis
WorldFloraDB 2024