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Details for: Styphnolobium japonicum
Source: ILDIS World Database of Legumes 2010. (copyright © ILDIS).

Name: Styphnolobium japonicum (L.) Schott
Rank: Species
Status: ACCEPTED
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.
                                            
Basionym: Sophora japonica L.
Homotypic synonyms: Sophora japonica L.
Synonyms: Sophora korolkowii Dieck
Sophora sinensis Forrest
 
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