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								ILDIS World Database of Legumes  2010. (copyright © ILDIS).
 
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                            | Name: | 
                            
				Styphnolobium japonicum (L.) Schott
				
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                            Species | 
                           
                          
                            | Status: | 
                            
				
					
                              	
                              	
					ACCEPTED
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		| Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): | 
		Regnum - Plantae 
				    
				Divisio - Tracheophyta 
				    
				    
				Subdivisio - Spermatophytina 
				    
				    
				    
				Class - Magnoliopsida 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Superordo - Rosanae 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Ordo - Fabales Bromhead 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Familia - Fabaceae Lindl. 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Tribus - Sophoreae 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Genus - Styphnolobium Endl. 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				
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		| Basionym: | 
		Sophora japonica L. | 
                           
                          
                          
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                              		Homotypic synonyms:
                              		
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                            	Sophora japonica L. | 
							
                           
                          
                          
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                              		Synonyms:
                              		
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                            	Sophora korolkowii Dieck | 
							
                           
                          
                          
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                            	Sophora sinensis Forrest | 
							
                           
                          
						  
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		| Comments: | 
		
				as Sophora japonica, Cultivated on Mauritius during the 1800's; no recent records., In "Flora URSS", "Flora Kavkaza" & some Middle Asian "Floras" it is treated, In Fl.Reip.Pop.Sinicae (1994) Sophora japonica includes the following varietas, Native to East Asia., Originally from Japan & China. Often cultivated., var. japonica, var. pubescens, var. violacea, var. vestita, var. praecox. | 
			
	 
	
		| Common names: | 
		
				acàcia del Japó (Catalan), acacia del Japón (Spanish, Castillian), acácia do Japâo (Portuguese), acacia japonesa (Spanish, Castillian), acácia-do-Japâo (Portuguese), Chinese Scholar Tree (English), Japanese Pagoda Tree (English), Pagoda Tree (), sofora (Catalan), sòfora (Catalan), sófora (Spanish, Castillian), sófora del Japón (Spanish, Castillian), Sofora Yaponskaya (Russian), Sophore du Japon (French), Stifnolobium Yaponski (Russian), Umbrella Tree (English)[Credits] | 
			
	 
	
		| Conservation Status: | 
		
				Not Threatened | 
			
	 
	
		| Maps: | 
		
				distribution | 
			
	 
	
		| Occurrence: | 
		
       			  [Ab(A N) Ar Cz Eg Ga(F) Gg(A) It Mo Rf(CS S) Rm Uk(K U)] | 
		
	 
	
		| Use: | 
		
				Chemical products, Domestic, Environmental, Forage, Medicine, Toxins, Wood | 
			
	 
                        
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