Styphnolobium
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Styphnolobium japonicum – Pagoda Tree |
Styphnolobium is a small genus of small trees and shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae, formerly included within a broader interpretation of the genus Sophora. The species of Styphnolobium differ from Sophora in lacking Rhizobium nitrogen fixing bacteria on the roots. The leaves are pinnate, with 9–21 leaflets, and the flowers in pendulous racemes similar to those of the related Black locust.
The Pagoda Tree (Styphnolobium japonicum, formerly Sophora japonica), native to Japan and China, is a popular ornamental tree in Europe and North America, grown for its white flowers, borne in late summer after most other flowering trees have long finished flowering. It makes a broad, spreading tree to 10–20 m tall and as much broad.
The Pagoda Tree is considered to be one of the best trees to use in the art of bonsai.
See also
The Guilty Chinese Scholartree, a specimen of Pagoda Tree in Beijing, on which the last Ming emperor Chongzhen hanged himself.
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Categories: Legumes