Styphnolobium japonicum Pagoda Tree, Scholar's Tree
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Styphnolobium
Species
japonicum
from Japan
Styphnolobium japonicum (L.) Schott, the Japanese pagoda tree (Chinese scholar
tree, pagoda tree; syn. Sophora japonica) is a species of tree in the subfamily
Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae. It was formerly included within a broader
interpretation of the genus Sophora. The species of Styphnolobium differ from Sophora in
lacking the ability to form symbioses with rhizobia (nitrogen fixing bacteria) on their
roots. It also differs from the related genus Calia (mescalbeans) in having deciduous
leaves and flowers in axillary, not terminal, racemes. The leaves are alternate,
pinnate, with 9-21 leaflets, and the flowers in pendulous racemes similar to those of
the Black locust.
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